Drupal 6.x < 6.33 / 7.x < 7.31 XML-RPC DoS

medium Nessus Plugin ID 77186

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Synopsis

The remote web server is running a PHP application that is affected by denial of service vulnerabilities.

Description

The remote web server is running a version of Drupal that is 6.x prior to 6.33 or 7.x prior to 7.31. It is, therefore, potentially affected by multiple denial of service vulnerabilities :

- The XML-RPC library in Drupal allows entity declarations without considering recursion during entity expansion.
A remote attacker, using a crafted XML document with a large number of nested entity references, can cause a denial of service by consuming available memory and CPU resources. (CVE-2014-5265)

- The XML-RPC library in Drupal does not limit the number of elements in an XML document. A remote attacker, via a large document, could cause a denial of service by CPU consumption. (CVE-2014-5266)

- An XML injection flaw exists in 'xmlrpc.php' due to the parser accepting XML internal entities from untrusted sources. A remote attacker, via specially crafted XML data, could exploit this to cause a denial of service.
This vulnerability also exists within the Drupal OpenID module.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.33 / 7.31 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 77186

File Name: drupal_7_31.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: remote

Family: CGI abuses

Published: 8/13/2014

Updated: 4/11/2022

Configuration: Enable paranoid mode, Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

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:drupal:drupal

Required KB Items: www/PHP, Settings/ParanoidReport, installed_sw/Drupal

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/6/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/6/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-5265, CVE-2014-5266

BID: 69146

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