CVE-2016-2146: Fedoraproject Fedora

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

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.