CVE-2016-2145

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    CVE-2016-2145

    Published: 15 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

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

    Affected packages

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    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    v0.11.0

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
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    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High