CVE-2016-2145: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.1% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not check if the ap_get_client_block function returns an error, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (segmentation fault and process crash) via a crafted POST data.

Affected products

• Fedoraproject Fedora: version 23 only
• Uninett Mod Auth Mellon: up to and including 0.11.0

Published 2016-04-15. Last modified 2026-06-17.