CVE-2012-2138
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.0
Description
Apache Sling POST Servlets Denial of Service Vulnerability
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Exploits
Public proof-of-concept code below. AS-IS, for defenders and authorised testing only.
Exploit-DB
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Maven | org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.servlets.post | <2.1.2 | 2.1.2 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| apache | org.apache.sling.servlets.post | {"endIncluding":"2.1.0"} | |
| apache | sling | | |
References
- 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
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-2138
- https://github.com/apache/sling-org-apache-sling-servlets-post/commit/0205892908d6ea755645be5fc16e9df53e2e7261
- http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/www-announce/201207.mbox/%3CCAEWfVJ=PwoQmwJg0KmbrC17Gw51kgfKRsqgy=4RpMQsdGh0bVg@mail.gmail.com%3E
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.