The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (bandwidth or thread consumption) via pingback service calls with a source URI that corresponds to a large file, which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | * | 2.0 (including) |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | upstream | * |