Input validation error in Fedora - CVE-2016-3110
Published: September 26, 2016 / Updated: August 9, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU40089
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-3110
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Fedoraproject
Affected software:
Fedora
Fedora
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to perform a denial of service (DoS) attack.
mod_cluster, as used in Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache http server crash) via an MCMP message containing a series of = (equals) characters after a legitimate element.
How to mitigate CVE-2016-3110
Install update from vendor's website.
Sources
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1648.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1649.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1650.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2054.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2055.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2056.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/92584
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1326320
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/6JMA2YLPK6SEUVF5Q3QEANHYEPRZA2RI/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CX5QNNIVAUB2VVDV6TR3YMFTL6VRKOBO/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HE5YZTBZRXCMQFT5LDLZG2HAYBKMYQLL/