CVE-2016-2146

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2146
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2146.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2016-2146
Related
Published
2016-04-15T14:59:12Z
Modified
2025-07-01T03:01:21.568319Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The amreadpostdata function in modauth_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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13 / libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Last affected
cee415cfe12655dd0b511442bf96e36e8c07364d

Affected versions

v0.*

v0.10.0
v0.11.0
v0.4.0
v0.5.0
v0.6.0
v0.6.0-rc1
v0.6.1
v0.7.0
v0.8.0
v0.9.0
v0.9.1