6.8 - RHSA-2019:0766

Problem Description:

An update for mod_auth_mellon is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.

Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Important. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.

2. Relevant releases/architectures:

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Server Optional (v. 7) - ppc64, ppc64le, s390x, x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux Workstation Optional (v. 7) - x86_64 Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x Red Hat Enterprise Linux for ARM and IBM Power LE (POWER9) Server Optional (v. 7) - aarch64, ppc64le, s390x

3. Description:

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: authentication bypass in ECP flow (CVE-2019-3878)

* mod_auth_mellon: open redirect in logout url when using URLs with backslashes (CVE-2019-3877)

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.

Bug Fix(es):

* mod_auth_mellon Cert files name wrong when hostname contains a number (fixed in upstream package) (BZ#1697487)

4. 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

5. Bugs fixed (https://bugzilla.redhat.com/):

1691125 - CVE-2019-3877 mod_auth_mellon: open redirect in logout url when using URLs with backslashes 1691126 - CVE-2019-3878 mod_auth_mellon: authentication bypass in ECP flow 1697487 - mod_auth_mellon Cert files name wrong when hostname contains a number (fixed in upstream package) [rhel-7.6.z]