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.
The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:
Find out more about CVE-2016-5004 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.
NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
| CVSS3 Base Score | 5 |
|---|---|
| CVSS3 Base Metrics | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:N/A:L |
| Attack Vector | Network |
| Attack Complexity | Low |
| Privileges Required | Low |
| User Interaction | None |
| Scope | Changed |
| Confidentiality | None |
| Integrity Impact | None |
| Availability Impact | Low |
| Platform | Package | State |
|---|---|---|
| Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux | rh-java-common-xmlrpc | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 | camel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 | camel | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Gluster Storage 3 | xmlrpc-common | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 | xmlrpc | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 | xmlrpc3 | Will not fix |
| Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5 | xmlrpc | Will not fix |
| RHEV Manager 3 | xmlrpc-common | Will not fix |
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