Denial of Service Vulnerability in mod_auth_mellon Allows Remote Attackers to Crash Worker Process or Web Server

Denial of Service Vulnerability in mod_auth_mellon Allows Remote Attackers to Crash Worker Process or Web Server

CVE-2016-2146 · 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 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.

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