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 crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (3.40%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
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 3.0
- 7.5 HIGHCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 3.40% probability · 88th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-119
- Affected
- fedoraproject/fedora · uninett/mod auth mellon
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71Patch
- https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71Patch
- https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.