DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2146

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Source
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-2146
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/debian-osv/debian-cve-osv/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2146.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-2146
Upstream
Published
2016-04-15T14:59:12Z
Modified
2025-09-30T03:54:17Z
Severity
  • 7.5 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The amreadpostdata function in modauth_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.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11

libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12

libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:13

libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:14

libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}