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CentOS 8 : mod_auth_mellon (CESA-2019:3421)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 145579

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Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the CESA-2019:3421 advisory.

 - mod_auth_mellon: open redirect in logout url when using URLs with backslashes (CVE-2019-3877)

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

Solution

Update the affected mod_auth_mellon and / or mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics packages.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3421

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 145579

File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3421.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/29/2021

Updated: 3/23/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.8

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3877

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: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_auth_mellon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-3877

BID: 107556

RHSA: 2019:3421