Security Features The advisory has been revoked - it doesn't affect any version of package drupal7 (opens in a new tab)
Threat Intelligence
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Test your applications- Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-DRUPAL7-621657
- published12 Apr 2016
- disclosed12 Apr 2016
Introduced: 12 Apr 2016
CVE-2016-3163 (opens in a new tab)Amendment
The Ubuntu security team deemed this advisory irrelevant for Ubuntu:16.04.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream drupal7 package and not the drupal7 package as distributed by Ubuntu.
The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.
References
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-3163
- http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-3163
- https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10