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EulerOS 2.0 SP5 : mod_auth_mellon (EulerOS-SA-2021-2511)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 153688

Synopsis

The remote EulerOS host is missing a security update.

Description

According to the versions of the mod_auth_mellon package installed, the EulerOS installation on the remote host is affected by the following vulnerabilities :

 - A flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon where it does not sanitize logout URLs properly. This issue could be used by an attacker to facilitate phishing attacks by tricking users into visiting a trusted web application URL that redirects to an external and potentially malicious server. The highest threat from this liability is to confidentiality and integrity. (CVE-2021-3639)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the EulerOS security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Update the affected mod_auth_mellon packages.

See Also

http://www.nessus.org/u?b272a5f0

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 153688

File Name: EulerOS_SA-2021-2511.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Published: 9/27/2021

Updated: 3/21/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3639

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:huawei:euleros:mod_auth_mellon, cpe:/o:huawei:euleros:2.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/EulerOS/release, Host/EulerOS/rpm-list, Host/EulerOS/sp

Excluded KB Items: Host/EulerOS/uvp_version

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/27/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/27/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3639