CVE-2016-5004

moderate-risk
Published 2017-06-06

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.

Do I need to act?

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1.1% chance of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS score — moderate exploit probability
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Not on CISA KEV list
No confirmed active exploitation reported to CISA
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Patch status unknown
Check vendor advisories for fix availability and mitigation guidance
6
CVSS 6.5/10 Medium
NETWORK / LOW complexity

Affected Products (1)

Affected Vendors

Apache

References (10)

Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
Third Party Advisory https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html
Exploit https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc
Mailing List http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
Third Party Advisory http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
Third Party Advisory http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
Third Party Advisory https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html
Exploit https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc
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/ 100
moderate-risk
Severity 24/34 · High
Exploitability 3/34 · Minimal
Exposure 5/34 · Minimal