CVE-2014-8566
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
6.4
Description
The mod_auth_mellon module before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service (segmentation fault) via unspecified vectors related to a "session overflow" involving "sessions overlapping in memory."
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
Debian Fixed 5 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| trixie | Fixed | 0.9.1 |
| sid | Fixed | 0.9.1 |
| forky | Fixed | 0.9.1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 0.9.1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 0.9.1 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| uninett | mod_auth_mellon | {"endIncluding":"0.8.0"} | |
References
- http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1803.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1803.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62094
- http://secunia.com/advisories/62125
- https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/releases/tag/v0.8.1
- https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.html
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8566
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.