CVE-2016-5004

medium

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.

References

Advisories

https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-06-06

Updated: 2025-04-20

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

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