CVE-2016-3163

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    CVE-2016-3163

    Published: 12 Apr 2016Last Modified: 8 Jul 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The XML-RPC system in Drupal 6.x before 6.38 and 7.x before 7.43 might make it easier for remote attackers to conduct brute-force attacks via a large number of calls made at once to the same method.

    References: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/02/24/19, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/03/15/10, http://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3498, https://www.drupal.org/SA-CORE-2016-001

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name:

    Purl:

    Affected ranges

    Type: GIT

    Events:

    Introduced- f8d6bbf44160e6d00e71f0172ecf80e78d0f0d3c
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    6.0

    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
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