Description
member.php in MyBB (aka MyBulletinBoard) before 1.4.12 makes a certain superfluous call to the SQL COUNT function, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by making requests to member.php that trigger scans of the entire users table.
References
- http://blog.mybb.com/2010/04/13/mybb-1-4-12-released-security-maintenance-update/
- [oss-security] 20101008 CVE request: mybb before 1.4.11 and before 1.4.12 mailing-list
- [oss-security] 20101011 Re: CVE request: mybb before 1.4.11 and before 1.4.12 mailing-list
- mybb-sqlcount-dos(64514) vdb-entry
- [oss-security] 20101206 Re: CVE request: mybb before 1.4.11 and before 1.4.12 mailing-list
- http://dev.mybboard.net/issues/662