Adobe ColdFusion Unspecified DoS (APSB14-29) (credentialed check)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 79859

Synopsis

A web-based application running on the remote Windows host is affected by a denial of service vulnerability.

Description

The version of Adobe ColdFusion running on the remote Windows host is affected by an unspecified denial of service vulnerability due to a resource consumption issue.

Solution

Apply the relevant hotfixes referenced in Adobe advisory APSB14-29.

See Also

https://helpx.adobe.com/security/products/coldfusion/apsb14-29.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 79859

File Name: coldfusion_win_apsb14-29.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: windows

Family: Windows

Published: 12/10/2014

Updated: 7/6/2018

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:adobe:coldfusion

Required KB Items: SMB/coldfusion/instance

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/9/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/9/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9166

BID: 71569