{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146","details":"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via a large amount of POST data.","modified":"2025-07-16T08:18:59.051585Z","published":"2016-04-15T14:59:00Z","withdrawn":"2025-07-18T16:43:25Z","upstream":["CVE-2016-2146"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-2146"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315747"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2146"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"libapache2-mod-auth-mellon","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon@0.12.0-1?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"},{"fixed":"0.12.0-1"}]}],"versions":["0.10.0-1","0.11.0-1"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_name":"libapache2-mod-auth-mellon","binary_version":"0.12.0-1"},{"binary_name":"libapache2-mod-auth-mellon-dbgsym","binary_version":"0.12.0-1"}],"availability":"No subscription required"},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2016/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-2146.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}