CVE-2007-0540

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 (10)

• cve@mitrehttp://secunia.com/advisories/30013
• cve@mitrehttp://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
• cve@mitrehttp://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
• cve@mitrehttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/30013
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1564
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded
• af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded