UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2145

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2145

    Published: 15 Apr 2016Last Modified: 16 Jul 2025
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2145

    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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2145, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2145

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -0.12.0-1

    Affected versions

    0.10.0-1

    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
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    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High