Security advisory

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  "id": "51ce60830a100fb56427ad973ff35c2026769e9297b0ec1c2b3697eff0a25558",
  "url": "https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-2146",
  "method": "structured",
  "payload": {
    "kind": "advisory",
    "title": "CVE-2016-2146",
    "summary": "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.",
    "evidence": "osv:CVE-2016-2146",
    "products": [],
    "severity": "high",
    "structured": {
      "id": "CVE-2016-2146",
      "aliases": [
        "CVE-2016-2146"
      ],
      "metrics": [
        {
          "type": "CVSS_V3",
          "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H"
        }
      ],
      "affected": [
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/latchset/mod_auth_mellon",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "cee415cfe12655dd0b511442bf96e36e8c07364d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:mod_auth_mellon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.6.0-rc1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2146.json"
          }
        },
        {
          "ranges": [
            {
              "repo": "https://github.com/uninett/mod_auth_mellon",
              "type": "GIT",
              "events": [
                {
                  "introduced": "0"
                },
                {
                  "last_affected": "cee415cfe12655dd0b511442bf96e36e8c07364d"
                }
              ],
              "database_specific": {
                "extracted_events": [
                  {
                    "cpe": "cpe:2.3:a:uninett:mod_auth_mellon:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
                    "range": [
                      {
                        "introduced": "0"
                      },
                      {
                        "last_affected": "0.11.0"
                      }
                    ],
                    "source": "CPE_RANGE"
                  }
                ]
              }
            }
          ],
          "versions": [
            "v0.11.0",
            "v0.10.0",
            "v0.8.0",
            "v0.9.1",
            "v0.9.0",
            "v0.7.0",
            "v0.6.1",
            "v0.6.0",
            "v0.6.0-rc1",
            "v0.5.0",
            "v0.4.0"
          ],
          "database_specific": {
            "source": "https://storage.googleapis.com/cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2016-2146.json"
          }
        }
      ],
      "modified": "2026-10-24T10:45:57.182096790Z",
      "provider": "osv",
      "references": [
        "https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2016-03/msg00000.html",
        "https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71"
      ],
      "provider_metadata": {
        "unresolved_ranges": [
          {
            "cpes": [
              "cpe:2.3:o:fedoraproject:fedora:23:*:*:*:*:*:*:*"
            ],
            "vendor_product": "fedoraproject:fedora",
            "extracted_events": [
              {
                "range": [
                  {
                    "introduced": "23"
                  },
                  {
                    "last_affected": "23"
                  }
                ],
                "source": "CPE_STRING"
              }
            ]
          }
        ]
      }
    },
    "related_cves": [
      {
        "value": "CVE-2016-2146",
        "evidence": "/id"
      }
    ],
    "security_relevant": true,
    "severity_evidence": "/severity/0/score"
  },
  "source_id": "core-osv",
  "document_id": 441153,
  "published_at": "2016-04-15T14:59:12.083+00:00"
}