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RHEL 6 : mod_auth_mellon (RHSA-2014:1803)

high Nessus Plugin ID 78884

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Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

An updated mod_auth_mellon package that fixes two security issues is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having Important security impact. Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base scores, which give detailed severity ratings, are available for each vulnerability from the CVE links in the References section.

mod_auth_mellon provides a SAML 2.0 authentication module for the Apache HTTP Server.

An information disclosure flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon's session handling that could lead to sessions overlapping in memory. A remote attacker could potentially use this flaw to obtain data from another user's session. (CVE-2014-8566)

It was found that uninitialized data could be read when processing a user's logout request. By attempting to log out, a user could possibly cause the Apache HTTP Server to crash. (CVE-2014-8567)

Red Hat would like to thank the mod_auth_mellon team for reporting these issues. Upstream acknowledges Matthew Slowe as the original reporter of CVE-2014-8566.

All users of mod_auth_mellon are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which contains a backported patch to correct these issues.

Solution

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

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014:1803

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-8567

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2014-8566

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 78884

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2014-1803.nasl

Version: 1.11

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/6/2014

Updated: 1/14/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_mellon, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:6.6, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo

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: 11/5/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8566, CVE-2014-8567

BID: 70893, 70896

RHSA: 2014:1803