PT-2014-8622 · Apache+2 · Mod Auth Mellon+2

Published 2014-11-05 · Updated 2019-12-27 · CVE-2014-8566

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions mod auth mellon versions prior to 0.8.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or cause a denial of service, resulting in a segmentation fault. This is related to a "session overflow" where sessions overlap in memory.

Recommendations For versions prior to 0.8.1, update to version 0.8.1 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to sensitive information and monitoring for signs of a denial of service until the update can be applied.

Fix

DoS

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CESA-2014_1803

CVE-2014-8566

RHSA-2014:1803

RHSA-2014_1803

Affected Products

Centos

Red Hat

Mod Auth Mellon

References · 11

• https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/releases/tag/v0.8.1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1803.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8566 · Security Note
• http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1803.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2014-8566 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2014-8566 · Vendor Advisory
• http://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2014-1803.html · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62125 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62094 · Note