cve-2016-2146
Vulnerability from cvelistv5
Published
2016-04-15 14:00
Modified
2024-08-05 23:17
Severity ?
EPSS score ?
Summary
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.
References
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