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CVE-2016-2145

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.

Published

2016-04-15T14:59:11.097

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv3.0: 7.5 (HIGH)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: NONE
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: PARTIAL

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-20

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	fedoraproject	fedora	23	Yes
Application	uninett	mod_auth_mellon	≤ 0.11.0	Yes

References

http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html ([email protected])
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch ([email protected])
https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html ([email protected])
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)