VulnerabilityModified

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.

MEDIUM 6.5EPSS 7.51%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (7.51%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

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: 7.51% probability · 94th percentile
CISA KEV: Not listed
Weakness: CWE-400
Affected: apache/ws-xmlrpc
Source: secalert@redhat.com

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. Refreshed daily.