RHEL 7 : mod_auth_mellon (RHSA-2020:1003)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 135035

Synopsis

The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2020:1003 advisory.

- mod_auth_mellon: Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring which could facilitate information theft (CVE-2019-13038)

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/security/cve/CVE-2019-13038

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1003

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/1725740

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 135035

File Name: redhat-RHSA-2020-1003.nasl

Version: 1.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/31/2020

Updated: 5/25/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

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-2019-13038

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:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_mellon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics

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: 3/31/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13038

CWE: 601

RHSA: 2020:1003