Denial of Service Vulnerability in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1

Denial of Service Vulnerability in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1

CVE-2016-2145 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

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.

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