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.

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

high Nessus Plugin ID 141824

Version 1.8