CVE-2014-8567

Mod Auth Mellon vulnerability

CVSS

9.4

EPSS

3.6%

EPSS pct

88th

Exploited

No known

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.

Affected vendor

Uninett

Affected product

Mod Auth Mellon

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C

Weakness type (CWE)

CWE-399

Published

2014-11-14

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.6% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 88% of all scored CVEs.

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Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2014-8567.
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