cve/2016/CVE-2016-2146.md

### [CVE-2016-2146](https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-2146)
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### Description

The am_read_post_data function in mod_auth_mellon before 0.11.1 does not limit the amount of data read, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (worker process crash, web server deadlock, or memory consumption) via a large amount of POST data.

### POC

#### Reference
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/pull/71

#### Github
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