In Apache HTTP Server versions 2.4.0 to 2.4.23, malicious input to mod_auth_digest can cause the server to crash, and each instance continues to crash even for subsequently valid requests.
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Solution

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Workaround

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References
Link Providers
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017-1415.html cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3796 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/95076 cve-icon cve-icon
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037508 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0906 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1161 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1413 cve-icon cve-icon
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:1414 cve-icon cve-icon
https://h20566.www2.hpe.com/hpsc/doc/public/display?docLocale=en_US&docId=emr_na-hpesbux03725en_us cve-icon cve-icon
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#2.4.25 cve-icon
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html#CVE-2016-2161 cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/56c2e7cc9deb1c12a843d0dc251ea7fd3e7e80293cde02fcd65286ba%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/84a3714f0878781f6ed84473d1a503d2cc382277e100450209231830%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r04e89e873d54116a0635ef2f7061c15acc5ed27ef7500997beb65d6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r76142b8c5119df2178be7c2dba88fde552eedeec37ea993dfce68d1d%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r9f93cf6dde308d42a9c807784e8102600d0397f5f834890708bf6920%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb14daf9cc4e28d18cdc15d6a6ca74e565672fabf7ad89541071d008b%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rc998b18880df98bafaade071346690c2bc1444adaa1a1ea464b93f0a%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rcc44594d4d6579b90deccd4536b5d31f099ef563df39b094be286b9e%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd18c3c43602e66f9cdcf09f1de233804975b9572b0456cc582390b6f%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rd336919f655b7ff309385e34a143e41c503e133da80414485b3abcc9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re1e3a24664d35bcd0a0e793e0b5fc6ca6c107f99a1b2c545c5d4b467%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/re3d27b6250aa8548b8845d314bb8a350b3df326cacbbfdfe4d455234%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf6449464fd8b7437704c55f88361b66f12d5b5f90bcce66af4be4ba9%40%3Ccvs.httpd.apache.org%3E cve-icon cve-icon
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-2161 cve-icon
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-36 cve-icon cve-icon
https://security.netapp.com/advisory/ntap-20180423-0001/ cve-icon cve-icon
https://support.apple.com/HT208221 cve-icon cve-icon
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-2161 cve-icon
https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2017-04 cve-icon cve-icon
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apache

Published:

Updated: 2024-09-16T22:02:00.808Z

Reserved: 2016-01-29T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-2161

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2017-07-27T21:29:00.257

Modified: 2025-04-20T01:37:25.860

Link: CVE-2016-2161

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2016-12-20T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2016-2161 - Bugzilla

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