HighGHSA-h3r9-pjmr-f938CVE-2016-3163
Drupal Brute force amplification attacks via XML-RPC
Published 17 May 2022 · Updated 23 Apr 2024
Affected packages
drupal/coreComposer
- Affected
- >=7.0 <7.43
- Fixed in
- 7.43
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require drupal/core:^7.43drupal/coreComposer
- Affected
- >=6.0 <6.38
- Fixed in
- 6.38
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require drupal/core:^6.38drupal/drupalComposer
- Affected
- >=7.0 <7.43
- Fixed in
- 7.43
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require drupal/drupal:^7.43drupal/drupalComposer
- Affected
- >=6.0 <6.38
- Fixed in
- 6.38
Update to the fixed version for your release line, for example:
composer require drupal/drupal:^6.38Details
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.
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References
- Advisorynvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-3163
- Linkgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/core/CVE-2016-3163.yaml
- Linkgithub.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/drupal/drupal/CVE-2016-3163.yaml
- Packagegithub.com/drupal/core
- Linkwww.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001
- Linkwww.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498
- Linkwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19
- Linkwww.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10
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