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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-2145: mod_auth_mellon security update

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Huawei EulerOS: CVE-2016-2145: mod_auth_mellon security update

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
04/15/2016
Created
09/26/2019
Added
09/25/2019
Modified
09/25/2019

Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.

Solution(s)

  • huawei-euleros-2_0_sp3-upgrade-mod_auth_mellon

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