CVE-2016-5004

MediumCVSS 6.5/10Last modified Jun 17, 2026

Description

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.

Metrics

CVSS 3.0 6.5/10CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H

Weakness enumeration

CWE-400

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory
http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory

Timeline

Published: Jun 6, 2017
Last modified: Jun 17, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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