RedHat: RHSA-2020-1003:01 Moderate: mod_auth_mellon security and bug fix
Summary
The mod_auth_mellon module for the Apache HTTP Server is an authentication
service that implements the SAML 2.0 federation protocol. The module grants
access based on the attributes received in assertions generated by an IdP
server.
Security Fix(es):
* mod_auth_mellon: Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring which
could facilitate information theft (CVE-2019-13038)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS
score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE
page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat
Enterprise Linux 7.8 Release Notes linked from the References section.
Summary
Solution
For details on how to apply this update, which includes the changes
described in this advisory, refer to:
https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
References
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-13038 https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_enterprise_linux/7/html/7.8_release_notes/index
Package List
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7):
Source:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.src.rpm
ppc64:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64.rpm
ppc64le:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics-0.14.0-8.el7.ppc64le.rpm
s390x:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.s390x.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo-0.14.0-8.el7.s390x.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics-0.14.0-8.el7.s390x.rpm
x86_64:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7):
Source:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.src.rpm
x86_64:
mod_auth_mellon-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-debuginfo-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
mod_auth_mellon-diagnostics-0.14.0-8.el7.x86_64.rpm
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details on how to verify the signature are available from
https://access.redhat.com/security/team/key/
Topic
An update for mod_auth_mellon is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux7.Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impactof Moderate. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, whichgives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability fromthe CVE link(s) in the References section.
Topic
Relevant Releases Architectures
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64
Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64
Bugs Fixed
1725740 - CVE-2019-13038 mod_auth_mellon: Open Redirect via the login?ReturnTo= substring which could facilitate information theft
1727789 - mod_auth_mellon fix for AJAX header name X-Requested-With