7.5
HIGH
CVE-2016-2146
Apache mod_auth_mellon Remote Denial of Service
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.

INFO

Published Date :

April 15, 2016, 2:59 p.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 2:47 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2016-2146 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Fedoraproject fedora
1 Uninett mod_auth_mellon

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
    Added Reference https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71
    Added Reference https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • Modified Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 25, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CPE Configuration Configuration 1 OR *cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Configuration 2 OR *cpe:2.3:a:uninett:mod_auth_mellon:0.11.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* (and previous)
    Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 No Types Assigned https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch
    Added CWE CWE-119
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    Apr. 17, 2016

    Action Type Old Value New Value
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.71 }} 0.00%

score

0.77341

percentile

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