CVE-2014-8567 (GCVE-0-2014-8567)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2014-11-14 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 13:18
VLAI
Summary
The mod_auth_mellon module before 0.8.1 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (Apache HTTP server crash) via a crafted logout request that triggers a read of uninitialized data.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2264 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1803.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT
http://secunia.com/advisories/62094 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
http://secunia.com/advisories/62125 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/commit… x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2014-11-03 00:00
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