CVE-2007-0540 Affecting wordpress package, versions <2.1.0-1
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EPSS
5.28% (94th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-DEBIANUNSTABLE-WORDPRESS-363018
- published 29 Jan 2007
- disclosed 29 Jan 2007
Introduced: 29 Jan 2007
CVE-2007-0540 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Debian:unstable wordpress to version 2.1.0-1 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream wordpress package and not the wordpress package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:unstable relevant fixed versions and status.
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.
References
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2007-0540
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
- http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
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