UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2161

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2161

    Published: 22 Dec 2016Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2016-2161
    Aliases:
    USN-3279-1

    Summary:

    Details: In Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.23, malicious input to mod_auth_digest can cause the server to crash, and each instance continues to crash even for subsequently valid requests.

    References: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2161, https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/139862b41c0dfd5e6e00ad89c00119f9faf0dd41a2f927da9c9a4076@%3Cannounce.httpd.apache.org%3E, https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html, https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3279-1, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2161

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: apache2

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

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -2.4.7-1ubuntu4.15

    Affected versions

    2.4.6-2ubuntu2
    2.4.6-2ubuntu3
    2.4.6-2ubuntu4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu2
    2.4.7-1ubuntu3
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.1
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.4
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.5
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.6
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.7
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.8
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.9
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.10
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.11
    2.4.7-1ubuntu4.13

    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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