CVE-2016-6188 Denial of service in n/a
Remote attackers can cause denial of service via memory consumption by uploading large attachments, affecting SOGo groupware server administrators.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- Available
What is CVE-2016-6188?
CVE-2016-6188 is a medium-severity denial of service vulnerability in n/a, published on 3 Feb 2017. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, with no action from the victim.
Official description
Memory leak in SOGo 2.3.7 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption) via a large number of attempts to upload a large attachment, related to temporary files.
Weakness: CWE-399
Which versions are affected by CVE-2016-6188?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Alinto Sogo.
How do I fix CVE-2016-6188?
Upgrade to a fixed version.
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-2016-6188 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2016-6188 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in n/a
- CVE-2015-5395 Cross-site request forgery in n/a
- CVE-2025-71276 Cross-site scripting in SOGo
- CVE-2025-63499 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2025-63498 Cross-site scripting in n/a
- CVE-2024-24510 Cross Site Scripting vulnerability in Alinto SOGo before 5.10.0 allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary code via the import function to the mail component.
Sources
Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2016-6188, GHSA-5wc3-v5wf-mg8q, UBUNTU-CVE-2016-6188.