CVE-2016-5004
The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes.
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.75%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes.
- CVSS 3.0
- 6.5 MEDIUMCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- EPSS
- 7.75% probability · 95th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-400
- Affected
- apache/ws-xmlrpc
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
EPSS 7.7% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
- https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
- https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
- https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.