CVE-2016-10807 Denial of service in n/a
Attackers can cause denial of service in cPanel via the killpvhost script, requiring administrators to upgrade to a patched version.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2016-10807?
CVE-2016-10807 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in Cpanel Cpanel, published on 7 Aug 2019. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
cPanel before 57.9999.54 allows certain denial-of-service outcomes via /scripts/killpvhost (SEC-112).
Weakness: CWE-20
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-10807?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Cpanel Cpanel.
How do I fix CVE-2016-10807?
No fix has been published for CVE-2016-10807 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, then put limits on request size, rate and nesting depth so one client cannot exhaust the service. More about Denial of service.
Is CVE-2016-10807 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-10807 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-6v4m-w77r-hf2v.