CVE-2016-5004

The Content-Encoding HTTP header feature in ws-xmlrpc 3.1.3 as used in Apache Archiva allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by decompressing a large file containing zeroes.

Score

CVSS 3.0 6.5 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2017-06-06

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-400

Affected products

• Ws-xmlrpc (Apache)

References

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
• https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html
• https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc