GitHub Advisory DatabaseGHSA-R2PG-W96P-PCPJws-xmlrpc DoS Vulnerability
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%
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.
| CPE | Name | Operator | Version |
|---|---|---|---|
| org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common | le | 3.1.3 |
References
www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5
github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc
github.com/advisories/GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5004
web.archive.org/web/20160716070844/www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294
web.archive.org/web/20171111065719/www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736
web.archive.org/web/20171114185236/https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html
Related
6.5 Medium
CVSS3
Attack Vector
NETWORK
Attack Complexity
LOW
Privileges Required
NONE
User Interaction
REQUIRED
Scope
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
HIGH
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
4.3 Medium
CVSS2
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Confidentiality Impact
NONE
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
PARTIAL
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P
0.002 Low
EPSS
Percentile
59.4%