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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8566: CESA-2014:1803 (mod_auth_mellon)

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Cent OS: CVE-2014-8566: CESA-2014:1803 (mod_auth_mellon)

Severity
6
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P)
Published
11/15/2014
Created
07/25/2018
Added
12/01/2016
Modified
07/04/2017

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."

Solution(s)

  • centos-upgrade-mod_auth_mellon

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