CVE-2012-2138 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The @CopyFrom operation in the POST servlet in the org.apache.sling.servlets.post bundle before 2.1.2 in Apache Sling does not prevent attempts to copy an ancestor node to a descendant node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via a crafted HTTP request.

Published: 2012-07-09

Score: 5.0 Medium

EPSS: 43.4% Moderate

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:apache:org.apache.sling.servlets.post::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:apache:sling::::::::

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
Github GHSA	GHSA-342c-f869-5m44	Apache Sling POST Servlets Denial of Service Vulnerability

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.43417.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201207.mbox/%3CCAEWfVJ=PwoQmwJg0KmbrC17Gw51kgfKRsqgy=4RpMQsdGh0bVg%40mail.gmail.com%3E
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1352865
https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2517

History

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Subscriptions

Apache Org.apache.sling.servlets.post Sling

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2012-07-09T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-09-16T20:42:21.664Z

Reserved: 2012-04-04T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-2138

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-07-09T22:55:01.027

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2012-2138

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-264

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