ws-xmlrpc DoS Vulnerability

MEDIO 6.5CVE-2016-5004 · GHSA-r2pg-w96p-pcpj · Published 06/06/2017 · updated 17/06/2026

En resumen

CVE-2016-5004 es una vulnerabilidad MEDIO (CVSS 6.5) que afecta a org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common, ws-xmlrpc (apache).
Probabilidad de explotación en los próximos 30 días (EPSS): 7.7%, mayor que el 94.6% de las vulnerabilidades.
Aún no hay una versión corregida: sigue el aviso del fabricante en Referencias.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
org.apache.xmlrpc:xmlrpc-common Maven	`≤ 3.1.3`	No fix yet
ws-xmlrpc apache	`= 3.1.3`	No fix yet

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.

NVD description

References

nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5004 · ADVISORY
0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpc · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20160716070844/http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20171111065719/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736 · WEB
web.archive.org/web/20171114185236/https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html · WEB
openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5 · WEB
securityfocus.com/bid/91736 · Third Party Advisory
securitytracker.com/id/1036294 · Third Party Advisory
0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.html · Third Party Advisory

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