CVE-2016-2146 Information

Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_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.

CVSS Vector

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Reference

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction Required

NONE

Scope

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

UNCHANGED

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

NONE

Base Score

HIGH

Base Severity

7.5