CVE-2016-2146

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    CVE-2016-2146

    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 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.

    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
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High