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CVE-2016-2161

httpd: DoS vulnerability in mod_auth_digest

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

7.5

CVSS 3.0

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Published · December 20, 2016

Updated · September 21, 2026

Description

It was discovered that the mod_auth_digest module of httpd did not properly check for memory allocation failures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause httpd child processes to repeatedly crash if the server used HTTP digest authentication.

CVSS score applicability

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Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 3.0 · 7.5
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P

CWE-20 · Improper Input Validation