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Fedora 23 : mod_auth_mellon-0.11.1-1.fc23 (2016-5cf6959198)

high Nessus Plugin ID 90038

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

[CVE-2016-2145] Fix DOS attack (Apache worker process crash) due to incorrect error handling when reading POST data from client.
[CVE-2016-2146] Fix DOS attack (Apache worker process crash resource exhaustion) due to missing size checks when reading POST data.

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Solution

Update the affected mod_auth_mellon package.

See Also

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315739

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1315747

http://www.nessus.org/u?50a51591

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 90038

File Name: fedora_2016-5cf6959198.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/21/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:mod_auth_mellon, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2145, CVE-2016-2146