NVD - CVE-2016-5004

CVE-2016-5004 Detail

Current 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.

Source: MITRE
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Severity

CVSS 3.x Severity and Metrics:

NIST: NVD

Base Score: 6.5 MEDIUM

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

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Hyperlink	Resource
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294	Third Party Advisory
https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html	Third Party Advisory
https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc	Exploit Third Party Advisory

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
CWE-400	Uncontrolled Resource Consumption	NIST

Known Affected Software Configurations Switch to CPE 2.2

Configuration 1 ( hide )

cpe:2.3:a:apache:ws-xmlrpc:3.1.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
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Change History

1 change record found - show changes

Initial Analysis - 6/16/2017 9:06:12 AM

Action	Type	Old Value	New Value
Added	CPE Configuration		OR cpe:2.3:a:apache:ws-xmlrpc:3.1.3:::::::
Added	CVSS V2		(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
Added	CVSS V3		AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Added	CWE		CWE-400
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5 No Types Assigned	http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736 No Types Assigned	http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Changed	Reference Type	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294 No Types Assigned	http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294 Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html No Types Assigned	https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html Third Party Advisory
Changed	Reference Type	https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc No Types Assigned	https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc Exploit, Third Party Advisory

Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2016-5004
NVD Published Date:
06/06/2017
NVD Last Modified:
06/16/2017

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