CVE-2016-2146

Name	CVE-2016-2146
Description	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.
Source	CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more)

Vulnerable and fixed packages

The table below lists information on source packages.

Source Package	Release	Version	Status
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon (PTS)	bullseye	0.17.0-1+deb11u1	fixed
	bookworm	0.18.1-1	fixed
	sid, trixie	0.19.1-1	fixed

The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.

Package	Type	Release	Fixed Version	Urgency	Origin	Debian Bugs
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon	source	(unstable)	0.12.0-1

[jessie] - libapache2-mod-auth-mellon <no-dsa> (Minor issue)