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UseBB BBcode Parsing Remote Denial Of Service Vulnerability

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Denial of Service

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

14 years ago

Modified

Modified

4 years ago

Summary

This host has UseBB installed and is prone to Denial of Service vulnerability.

Insight

Insight

This issue is due to an infinite loops while parsing for malformed BBcode.

Affected Software

Affected Software

UseBB version 1.0.9 and prior on all platforms.

Solution

Solution

Upgrade to UseBB version 1.0.10.

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)