CVE-2016-5004

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.

• CWE-400

• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
• https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/07/12/5Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/91736Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036294Third Party Advisory
• https://0ang3el.blogspot.in/2016/07/beware-of-ws-xmlrpc-library-in-your.htmlThird Party Advisory
• https://github.com/0ang3el/unsafe-xmlrpcExploit, Third Party Advisory

Published

Jun 6, 2017

Last Modified

Jun 17, 2026

Status

Modified

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