UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2146
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146
Related
Published
2016-04-15T14:59:00Z
Modified
2025-01-13T10:21:12Z
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

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon@0.12.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

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

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.0-1
0.11.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "ubuntu_priority": "medium",
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-auth-mellon",
            "binary_version": "0.12.0-1"
        },
        {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-auth-mellon-dbgsym",
            "binary_version": "0.12.0-1"
        }
    ]
}