Secunia Security Advisory - A vulnerability has been reported in Mambo, which can be exploited by malicious people to cause a DoS (Denial of Service).
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TITLE:
Mambo Search Denial of Service
SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA28392
VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/28392/
CRITICAL:
Less critical
IMPACT:
DoS
WHERE:
>From remote
SOFTWARE:
Mambo 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/872/
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/frsrelease/298/538/20080110-Mambo46x-SearchPatch.zip
Mambo 4.5.5:
http://mambo-code.org/gf/download/frsrelease/298/542/20080110-Mambo45x-SearchPatch.zip
PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported by the vendor.
ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
http://forum.mambo-foundation.org/showthread.php?t=9651
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