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CVE-2016-2146
Published: Apr 15, 2016
Modified: Aug 5, 2024
PUBLISHED
Description
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.
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
n/a | n/a | affected n/a |
References
[modmellon] 20160309 security update: mod_auth_mellon version 0.11.1
mailing-list
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https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71
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FEDORA-2016-5cf6959198
vendor-advisory
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