Apache HTTPD: DoS vulnerability in mod_auth_digest (CVE-2016-2161)
5
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
12/21/2016
07/25/2018
12/21/2016
01/13/2022
Description
Malicious input to mod_auth_digest will cause the server to crash, and each instance continues to crash even for subsequently valid requests.
Solution(s)
- apache-httpd-upgrade-2_4_25
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