CVE-2014-8566

medium
Published 2014-11-15 · Modified 2026-05-06
CVSS v3
CVSS v2
6.4
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

Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: debian — https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2014-8566

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.html

vendor Authored 2026-05-27

Vendor advisory: cve@mitre.org — https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/releases/tag/v0.8.1

OS impact

OSVersionStatusFixed in
debian debianbookwormfixed0.9.1
debian debianbullseyefixed0.9.1
debian debianforkyfixed0.9.1
debian debiansidfixed0.9.1
debian debiantrixiefixed0.9.1

Application impact

VendorProductVersionsFixed
uninettmod_auth_mellon{"endIncluding":"0.8.0"}

References

CWEs

CWE-200

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.