Bug 1406753 (CVE-2016-2161)

Summary:	CVE-2016-2161 httpd: DoS vulnerability in mod_auth_digest
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Adam Mariš <amaris>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	apmukher, bbaranow, bkundal, bmaxwell, bnater, cdewolf, csutherl, dandread, darran.lofthouse, dosoudil, fnasser, gzaronik, hhorak, huwang, jason.greene, jawilson, jboss-set, jclere, jdoyle, jkaluza, jorton, lgao, luhliari, mbabacek, mdshaikh, mfrodl, mturk, myarboro, pahan, pgier, pragshar, psakar, pslavice, rmeggins, rnetuka, rsvoboda, sardella, twalsh, vtunka, weli
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	httpd 2.4.25	Doc Type:	If docs needed, set a value
Doc Text:	It was discovered that the mod_auth_digest module of httpd did not properly check for memory allocation failures. A remote attacker could use this flaw to cause httpd child processes to repeatedly crash if the server used HTTP digest authentication.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2017-07-13 05:30:43 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1406823, 1412975, 1412976, 1425463
Bug Blocks:	1406828, 1457678

Description Adam Mariš 2016-12-21 12:09:03 UTC

It was found that malicious input to mod_auth_digest will cause the server to crash, and each instance continues to crash even for subsequently valid requests.

Affects versions 2.4.x up to 2.4.23

External Reference:

https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.25

Comment 1 Adam Mariš 2016-12-21 15:04:41 UTC

Created httpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1406823]

Comment 7 Tomas Hoger 2017-02-21 11:26:56 UTC

Upstream commit:

http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1773069

Comment 9 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-12 12:31:52 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2017:0906 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0906

Comment 10 errata-xmlrpc 2017-04-26 10:23:09 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.7 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.3 EUS

Via RHSA-2017:1161 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1161

Comment 11 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-07 17:45:27 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Via RHSA-2017:1415 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1415

Comment 12 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-07 17:57:07 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2017:1414 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414

Comment 13 errata-xmlrpc 2017-06-07 17:59:54 UTC

This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2017:1413 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413