CVE-2016-5004

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    CVE-2016-5004

    Published: 6 Jun 2017Last Modified: 10 Mar 2026

    Summary:

    Details: The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes.

    References: , http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294, https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html, http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5, http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736, https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc

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    Events:

    Introduced- None
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

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