Adobe ColdFusion Hash Collision DoS (APSB12-06) (credentialed check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 58388

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Synopsis

A web-based application running on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The remote Windows host is running a version of ColdFusion that is affected by a hash collision denial of service. A flaw exists in the way ColdFusion generates hash tables for user-supplied values.
By sending a small number of specially crafted requests to a web server that uses ColdFusion, an attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service condition.

Solution

Apply the relevant hotfixes referenced in Adobe advisory APSB12-06.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 58388

File Name: coldfusion_win_apsb12-06.nasl

Version: 1.13

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 3/19/2012

Updated: 11/15/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion

Required KB Items: SMB/coldfusion/instance

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/28/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0770

BID: 52436

CERT: 903934

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