High severity · published Apr 15, 2016
CVE-2016-2146
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…
7.5
CVSS
3.4%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
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.
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)3.4% · higher than 89% 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-2016-2146
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2146
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
More from Fedora
10.0
CVE-2021-44228
Apache Log4j2 JNDI features do not protect against attacker controlled LDAP and other JNDI related endpoints
10.0
CVE-2015-3306
ProFTPD Improper Access Control Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2024-4577
Argument Injection in PHP-CGI
9.8
CVE-2021-44026
Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection Vulnerability
9.8
CVE-2021-42013
Path Traversal and Remote Code Execution in Apache HTTP Server 2.4.49 and 2.4.50 (incomplete fix of CVE-2021-41773)