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SUSE: CVE-2016-2161: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

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SUSE: CVE-2016-2161: SUSE Linux Security Advisory

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Published
12/20/2016
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/18/2017
Modified
02/04/2022

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)

  • suse-upgrade-apache2
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-devel
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-doc
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-event
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-example-pages
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-prefork
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-utils
  • suse-upgrade-apache2-worker

References

  • SUSE-SU-2017:0729-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0797-1
  • SUSE-SU-2017:0801-1
  • DSA-3796
  • CVE-2016-2161
  • USN-3279-1

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