USN-5069-1: mod-auth-mellon vulnerability
8 September 2021
mod-auth-mellon could be made to redirect to arbitrary sites.
Releases
Packages
- libapache2-mod-auth-mellon - SAML 2.0 authentication module for Apache
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.
Update instructions
The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:
Ubuntu 20.04
Ubuntu 18.04
In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.
References
Related notices
- USN-5069-2: libapache2-mod-auth-mellon