What is CVE-2016-6312?

CVE-2016-6312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.

How severe is CVE-2016-6312?

Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.

Resource exhaustion in Redhat Enterprise Linux

CVE-2016-6312

The mod_dontdothat component of the mod_dav_svn Apache module in Subversion as packaged in Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5.11 does not properly detect recursion during entity expansion, which allows remote authenticated users with access to the webdav repository to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and httpd crash). NOTE: Exists as a regression to CVE-2009-1955.

Vulnerability class: DoS (Denial of Service)

EPSS: 0.022 (80.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.

CVSS v3 metric

CVSS v3 base score 6.5 (Medium). Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H.

Affected products

Redhat Enterprise_linux — versions 5.11
N/a — versions n/a

Weakness classification (CWE)

CWE-400 — Uncontrolled Resource Consumption

References

secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Third Party Advisory, Issue Tracking)
secalert@redhat.com (VDB Entry, Third Party Advisory, vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID)

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-2016-6312?: CVE-2016-6312 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Redhat Enterprise Linux, classified under Uncontrolled Resource Consumption. CVSS score: 6.5/10. Published 2017-07-17.
How severe is CVE-2016-6312?: Medium severity. CVSS v3 base score is 6.5 out of 10.