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CVE-2016-3110 (GCVE-0-2016-3110)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2016-09-26 14:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 23:47
VLAI
Summary
mod_cluster, as used in Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.1, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache http server crash) via an MCMP message containing a series of = (equals) characters after a legitimate element.
Severity
7.5 (High)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-2055.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016-1649.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
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Date Public
2016-08-22 00:00
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