CVEvulnerability
CVE-2016-2145
7.5 HIGH
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2016-04-15
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 3.0 ([email protected])
- 7.5 HIGH — CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
- Weaknesses
- CWE-20
Description
The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.
Affected configurations
• fedoraproject fedora 23
• uninett mod auth mellon (<= 0.11.0)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-20 Improper Input Validation weakness
References
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch
- https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html sympa.uninett.no
- http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html lists.fedoraproject.org
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch
- https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html sympa.uninett.no