1. Ubuntu Security Notices
  2. USN-5069-1

USN-5069-1: mod-auth-mellon vulnerability

Publication date

8 September 2021

Overview

mod-auth-mellon could be made to redirect to arbitrary sites.

Releases

Packages

Details

It was discovered that mod-auth-mellon incorrectly filtered certain URLs.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an open redirect
attack.

It was discovered that mod-auth-mellon incorrectly filtered certain URLs.
A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to perform an open redirect
attack.

Update instructions

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

Learn more about how to get the fixes.

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu Release Package Version
20.04 focal libapache2-mod-auth-mellon –  0.16.0-1ubuntu0.1
18.04 bionic libapache2-mod-auth-mellon –  0.13.1-1ubuntu0.3

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