Improper Restriction of Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer in Apache Sling

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2013-2254 · GHSA-cxwh-vmhg-39r2 · Published 17/10/2013 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2013-2254 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api, org.apache.sling.servlets.post (apache).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 4.1%, higher than 90.7% of all vulnerabilities.
Fix: update to 2.4.0 or later.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api Maven	`< 2.4.0`	`2.4.0`
org.apache.sling.servlets.post apache	`= 2.2.0= 2.3.0`	No fix yet

Description

The deepGetOrCreateNode function in impl/operations/AbstractCreateOperation.java in org.apache.sling.servlets.post.bundle 2.2.0 and 2.3.0 in Apache Sling does not properly handle a NULL value that returned when the session does not have permissions to the root node, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) via unspecified vectors.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2013-2254 · ADVISORY
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/87765 · WEB
issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SLING-2913 · WEB
mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/sling-dev/201310.mbox/%3CCAKkCf4pue6PnESsP1KTdEDJm1gpkANFaK%2BvUd9mzEVT7tXL%2B3A%40mail.gmail.com%3E · WEB
secunia.com/advisories/55157 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/62903

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Package

Affected versions

Patched versions

org.apache.sling:org.apache.sling.api

Maven

< 2.4.0

2.4.0

org.apache.sling.servlets.post

apache

= 2.2.0= 2.3.0

No fix yet

Description

NVD description

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