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.
Published: 2017-06-06
Score: 6.5 Medium
EPSS: 1.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Apache Ws-xmlrpc
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:46:40.199Z

Reserved: 2016-05-24T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-5004

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2017-06-06T18:29:00.450

Modified: 2026-05-13T00:24:29.033

Link: CVE-2016-5004

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Low

Publid Date: 2016-05-24T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-5004 - Bugzilla

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