title: Apache Answer: Pixel Flood Attack by uploading the large pixel file
description: Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type vulnerability in Apache Answer.This issue affects Apache Answer: through 1.2.1.
Pixel Flood Attack by uploading large pixel files will cause server out of memory. A logged-in user can cause such an attack by uploading an image when posting content.
Users are recommended to upgrade to version [1.2.5], which fixes the issue.
problem types: CWE-434 Unrestricted Upload of File with Dangerous Type
affected:
{
defaultStatus: unaffected
product: Apache Answer
vendor: Apache Software Foundation
versions:
lessThanOrEqual: 1.2.1, status: affected, version: 0, versionType: semver
}
metrics:
other: [
content: {'text': 'important'}
type: Textual description of severity
]