Vulnerability CVE-2016-2145
Published: 2016-04-15

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.

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
None
None
Partial
Affected software
Uninett -> Mod auth mellon 
Fedoraproject -> Fedora 

 References:
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71
https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html
http://lists.fedoraproject.org/pipermail/package-announce/2016-March/179085.html
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