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| Test ID: | 1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.871286 |
| Category: | Red Hat Local Security Checks |
| Title: | RedHat Update for mod_auth_mellon RHSA-2014:1803-01 |
| Summary: | The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod_auth_mellon'; package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. |
| Description: | Summary: The remote host is missing an update for the 'mod_auth_mellon' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. Vulnerability Insight: 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. Affected Software/OS: mod_auth_mellon on Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 6), Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 6) Solution: Please Install the Updated Packages. CVSS Score: 9.4 CVSS Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:C/A:C |
| Cross-Ref: |
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8566 https://postlister.uninett.no/sympa/arc/modmellon/2014-11/msg00000.html RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2014:1803 http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-1803.html http://secunia.com/advisories/62094 http://secunia.com/advisories/62125 Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2014-8567 |
| Copyright | Copyright (C) 2014 Greenbone AG |
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