RHEL 8 : mod_auth_openidc:2.3 (RHSA-2020:3032)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 138799

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for mod_auth_openidc:2.3.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2020:3032 advisory.

The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.

Security Fix(es):

* mod_auth_openidc: Open redirect in logout url when using URLs with leading slashes (CVE-2019-14857)

* mod_auth_openidc: Open redirect issue exists in URLs with slash and backslash (CVE-2019-20479)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Bug Fix(es):

* Module stream mod_auth_openidc:2.3 does not have correct module.md file (BZ#1844107)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the RHEL mod_auth_openidc:2.3 package based on the guidance in RHSA-2020:3032.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?437e587e

https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:3032

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1760613

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1805102

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1844107

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 138799

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-3032.nasl

Version: 1.12

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/21/2020

Updated: 11/7/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Moderate

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20479

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.1

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_openidc, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cjose-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:cjose, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.2, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/15/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-14857, CVE-2019-20479

CWE: 601

RHSA: 2020:3032