CVE-2014-8566
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."
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-200
- EPSS score
- 2.7% (86th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2014-8403)
- Published
- November 15, 2014
- NVD last modified
- June 17, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2014-8403 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- oracle / linux
- uninett / mod auth mellon
Certified products that may be affected
6 FIPS 140 or Common Criteria certified products, from automated matching by sec-certs.org.
- Oracle Linux 7 Unbreakable Enterprise Kernel (UEK 6) Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 4169 - historical
- Oracle Linux 6 Kernel Crypto API Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 3421 - historical
- Oracle Linux 6 Libreswan Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 3170 - historical
- Oracle Linux 6 NSS Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 3111 - historical
- Oracle Linux 6 OpenSSH Server Cryptographic Module - Oracle Corporation - FIPS 140 3031 - historical
See all 6 in the Security Certifications Explorer.
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(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
- https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.html(Patch, Vendor Advisory)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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