CVE-2016-2146 — Vulnetix

CVE-2016-2146 REJECTED

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not limit the amount of data read, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of POST data.

EPSS 0.65% · 71.3th percentile

Risk Scores

EPSS Score

0.65%

71.3th percentile

Affected Products

Vendor	Product	Versions
Ubuntu:16.04:LTS	libapache2-mod-auth-mellon	0, 0.10.0-1, 0.11.0-1

Exploit Intelligence

[modmellon] 20160309 security update: mod_auth_mellon version 0.11.1 (circl)
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 (circl)
FEDORA-2016-5cf6959198 (circl)

Timeline

Apr 15, 2016 CVE Published
Feb 4, 2022 EPSS Score
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References

https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2146 third-party-advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315747 third-party-advisory
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2146 third-party-advisory

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