CVE-2014-8566

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2014-11-03
CWE:
CWE-200
Bugzilla:
1157281: CVE-2014-8566 mod_auth_mellon: remote memory disclosure flaw
An information disclosure flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon's session handling that could lead to session overlapping in memory. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to obtain data from another user's session.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 5
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 (mod_auth_mellon) RHSA-2014:1803 2014-11-05

Acknowledgements

Red Hat would like to thank the mod_auth_mellon team for reporting this issue. Upstream acknowledges Matthew Slowe as the original reporter.

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