GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj
ws-xmlrpc DoS Vulnerability
At a glance
- Published
- Updated
- CVE
- CVE-2016-5004
- CVSS_V3
- CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Description
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.
Affected packages
| Package | Versions |
|---|---|
| Maven · org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common | introduced 0, last affected 3.1.3 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5004 ADVISORY
- https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20160716070844/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294 WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171111065719/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736 WEB
- https://web.archive.org/web/20171114185236/https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html WEB
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5 WEB
Sources
| Source | Licence |
|---|---|
| OSV.dev | CC-BY 4.0 — GitHub Advisory Database |