CVE-2016-2145

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-2145
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2016-04-15 14:59:00 UTC
Updated2016-04-25 13:54:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-20

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Operating System Fedoraproject Fedora 23 All All All
Application Uninett Mod Auth Mellon All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Handle ap_get_client_block() error in am_read_post_data() by vrasneur · Pull Request #71 · UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Patch
modmellon - For discussions about mod_mellon Apache module. - arc_protect MLIST sympa.uninett.no
[SECURITY] Fedora 23 Update: mod_auth_mellon-0.11.1-1.fc23 FEDORA lists.fedoraproject.org
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