CVE-2007-0539 Information

Description

The wp_remote_fopen function in WordPress before 2.1 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 large file which triggers a long download session without a timeout constraint.

Reference

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/2191 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/457996/100/0/threaded http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/458003/100/0/threaded