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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS : mod_auth_mellon vulnerabilities (USN-4597-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 141824

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS host has a package installed that is affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the USN-4597-1 advisory.

 Franois Kooman discovered that mod_auth_mellon incorrectly handled cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack. (CVE-2017-6807)

 It was discovered that mod_auth_mellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect a user to a malicious URL. (CVE-2019-3877)

 It was discovered that mod_auth_mellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-3878)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu 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 affected libapache2-mod-auth-mellon package.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4597-1

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 141824

File Name: ubuntu_USN-4597-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/22/2020

Updated: 8/27/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3878

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/Ubuntu, Host/Ubuntu/release

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/22/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/13/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-6807, CVE-2019-3877, CVE-2019-3878

BID: 96843, 107556, 108179

USN: 4597-1