WordPress 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 file with a binary content type, which is downloaded even though it cannot contain usable pingback data.
Affected Software
| Name | Vendor | Start Version | End Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wordpress | Wordpress | * | 2.0 (including) |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | dapper | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | edgy | * |
| Wordpress | Ubuntu | upstream | * |
References
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded