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Mambo Search Denial of Service
Secunia Advisory: SA28392
Release Date: 2008-01-11
Last Update: 2008-02-04
Popularity: 6,654 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: DoS
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:Mambo 4.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2008-0261


Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).

The vulnerability is caused due to an unspecified error in the search component and module, which can be exploited to use lots of system resources. No further information is currently available.

The vulnerability is reported in all 4.5.x and 4.6.x versions.

Solution:
Mambo 4.6.x:
http://mambo-code.org/gf/download/frs...538/20080110-Mambo46x-SearchPatch.zip

Mambo 4.5.5:
http://mambo-code.org/gf/download/frs...542/20080110-Mambo45x-SearchPatch.zip

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Changelog:
2008-02-04: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=9651


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