USN-6913-1: phpCAS vulnerability

Releases

• Ubuntu 22.04 LTS
• Ubuntu 20.04 LTS

Packages

• php-cas - Central Authentication Service client library in php

Details

Filip Hejsek discovered that phpCAS was using HTTP headers to determine
the service URL used to validate tickets. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to gain access to a victim's account on a
vulnerable CASified service.

This security update introduces an incompatible API change. After applying
this update, third party applications need to be modified to pass in an
additional service base URL argument when constructing the client class.

For more information please refer to the section
"Upgrading 1.5.0 -> 1.6.0" of the phpCAS upgrading document:

https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/Upgrading

Update instructions

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

Ubuntu 22.04

• php-cas - 1.3.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Ubuntu 20.04

• php-cas - 1.3.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1

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

References

• CVE-2022-39369

Related notices

• USN-6914-1
• USN-6913-2