CVE-2016-2146

high

Published 2016-04-15 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

7.5

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

7.5

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.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

83%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

Fedora Affected 1 release

Version	Status	Fixed in
23	Affected	—

Debian Fixed 5 releases

Version	Status	Fixed in
trixie	Fixed	`0.12.0-1`
sid	Fixed	`0.12.0-1`
forky	Fixed	`0.12.0-1`
bullseye	Fixed	`0.12.0-1`
bookworm	Fixed	`0.12.0-1`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
uninett	mod_auth_mellon	`{"endIncluding":"0.11.0"}`

References

CWEs

CWE-119

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.