CVE-2016-2145

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 High 7.5
Description
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.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-2145
  • Assigner
  • secalert@redhat.com
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2016-04-15T14:59:11
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2016-04-25T13:54:12
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
cpe:2.3:a:uninett:mod_auth_mellon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 0.11.0
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Attack Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • NONE
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 7.5
  • Base Severity
  • HIGH
  • Exploitability Score
  • 3.9
  • Impact Score
  • 3.6
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71 Patch
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2145
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2145
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 10:16:59 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 09:00:49 2016-04-15T14:59Z 2016-04-15T14:59:11 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 09:00:49 2016-04-25T13:54:12 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 09:00:49 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated