VWE-2016-2039 Printable Version

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Common Name Balloon Vulnerability
VWE-ID VWE-2016-2039
Related Report None
Severity Extreme
Exploit Difficulty EASY
Platform Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description Denial of Service amplification.

Discovered January 13, 2016
Resolved January 21, 2016
Patches Available 4.0.8 Patch Level 1
4.0.7 Patch Level 2
4.0.6 Patch Level 5
4.0.5 Patch Level 5
4.0.4 Patch Level 5
4.0.3 Patch Level 5
4.0.2 Patch Level 8
4.0.1 Patch Level 11
Workaround In your forum software's BB-Code Manager, disable parsing of the WIKI BB-Code and prefix-related BB-Codes for both wiki pages and regular message content.
The versions listed below are known to be affected by this issue. If you are using one of those versions, you should update to a newer release that has no known vulnerabilities.

Common Name	Balloon Vulnerability
VWE-ID	VWE-2016-2039
Related Report	None
Severity	Extreme
Exploit Difficulty	EASY
Platform	Affects all platforms supported by the vulnerable versions.
Description	Denial of Service amplification.
Discovered	January 13, 2016
Resolved	January 21, 2016
Patches Available	4.0.8 Patch Level 1 4.0.7 Patch Level 2 4.0.6 Patch Level 5 4.0.5 Patch Level 5 4.0.4 Patch Level 5 4.0.3 Patch Level 5 4.0.2 Patch Level 8 4.0.1 Patch Level 11
Workaround	In your forum software's BB-Code Manager, disable parsing of the WIKI BB-Code and prefix-related BB-Codes for both wiki pages and regular message content.