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Debian: CVE-2016-2161: apache2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2016-2161: apache2 -- security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
02/27/2017
Modified
03/02/2020

Description

In Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.23, malicious input to mod_auth_digest can cause the server to crash, and each instance continues to crash even for subsequently valid requests.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-apache2

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