CVE-2016-2146
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
02 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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 3.39% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 88.3% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- 7.5 (CVSS v3.x), scored by the NVD independently of the CNA.
- NVD CVSS vector
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-17.
- Red Hat severity
- Moderate. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2016-04-15 14:00Z10 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-05 23:17Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2016-01-29
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 4e3d693d514bd6e18fb94c4c864e7e2ec9859334fcdf28d0f4465aca2b682802
05 Affected products
06 References
- sympa.uninett.no[modmellon] 20160309 security update: mod_auth_mellon version 0.11.1https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
- github.comhttps://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71
- lists.fedoraproject.orgFEDORA-2016-5cf6959198http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
07 Fixed in
Debian 12
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon Fixed in 0.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 13
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon Fixed in 0.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
Debian 14
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon Fixed in 0.12.0-1
Source: Debian Security Tracker, the Debian security team. Received through OSV.dev. Reformatted by exploit.cc.
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