Out-of-Bounds Affecting uninett/mod_auth_mellon package, versions [,0.11.1)


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (70th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-UNINETTMODAUTHMELLON-2366268
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed15 Apr 2016
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 15 Apr 2016

CVE-2016-2146  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-119  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade uninett/mod_auth_mellon to version 0.11.1 or higher.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Out-of-Bounds. 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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