CVE-2012-5498: Plone denial of service via Caching Bypass

CVE-2012-5498 · Severity: low · CVSS 3.1 · Published 2014-09-30

queryCatalog.py in Plone before 4.2.3 and 4.3 before beta 1 allows remote attackers to bypass caching and cause a denial of service via a crafted request to a collection.

Technologies: plone (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2012-5498 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2012-5498 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2012-5498?
Low severity, with a CVSS score of 3.1, published 30 September 2014.
Which products and versions are affected?
plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.3,introduced=4.3a0,fixed=4.3b1.
Is there a fix for CVE-2012-5498?
Yes. plone (PyPI): upgrade to 4.2.3, 4.3b1 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2012-5498?
Check whether you run plone (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • plone (PyPI): upgrade to 4.2.3, 4.3b1 or later
    pip install "plone>=4.3b1"

Affected products

  • plone (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.3, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0,fixed=4.2.3,introduced=4.3a0,fixed=4.3b1

Identifiers

  • CVE-2012-5498
  • GHSA-97rj-p794-wq6m
  • PYSEC-2014-40

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