High severity · published Apr 15, 2016
CVE-2016-2145
The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a…
7.5
CVSS
3.1%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
None
Availability
High
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)3.1% · higher than 88% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
FE
Fedora · Fedoraproject
23 · source: NVD
MA
Mod Auth Mellon · Uninett
through 0.11.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2145
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2145
lists.fedoraproject.org
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
Patch
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71
sympa.uninett.no
https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
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