CVE-2016-5004

xmlrpc: DoS through decompression-bomb attack when Content-Encoding=gzip

Published Jun 6, 2017 CVSS 3.0 · 6.5 Medium EPSS 7.7% KEV · Not listed
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.

Remediation

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2022-5067 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.
Github GHSA Github GHSA GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj ws-xmlrpc DoS Vulnerability
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
redhat
Published
Updated
Aug 6, 2024, 12:46 AM
Reserved
May 24, 2016, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Jun 6, 2017, 6:29 PM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 12:48 AM
Severity
Low
Public date
May 24, 2016, 12:00 AM