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Bug 1431670 - (CVE-2017-6807) CVE-2017-6807 mod_auth_mellon: Cross-site session transfer vulnerability
CVE-2017-6807 mod_auth_mellon: Cross-site session transfer vulnerability
Status: CLOSED WONTFIX
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
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All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20170313,repor...
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Depends On: 1426747
Blocks: 1426746
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Reported: 2017-03-13 10:50 EDT by Andrej Nemec
Modified: 2017-07-24 11:01 EDT (History)
4 users (show)

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Fixed In Version: mod_auth_mellon 0.13.1
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It was found that mod_auth_mellon was vulnerable to a cross-site session transfer attack. An attacker with access to one web site on a server could use the same session to get access to a different site running on the same server.
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Last Closed: 2017-07-21 09:10:25 EDT
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Description Andrej Nemec 2017-03-13 10:50:08 EDT
A vulnerability was found in mod_auth_mellon. It was found that an attacker with access to one web site on a server could use the same session to get access to a different site running on the same server.

Upstream patch:

https://github.com/UNINETT/mod_auth_mellon/commit/7af21c53da7bb1de024274ee6da30bc22316a079

References:

https://sympa.uninett.no/lists/uninett.no/arc/modmellon/2017-03/msg00008.html
Comment 1 Andrej Nemec 2017-03-13 10:52:10 EDT
Created mod_auth_mellon tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1426747]
Comment 2 Dhiru Kholia 2017-07-21 09:09:07 EDT
Statement:

Red Hat Product Security has rated this issue as having Moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. For additional information, refer to the Issue Severity Classification: https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/ and Red Hat Enterprise Linux Life Cycle: https://access.redhat.com/support/policy/updates/errata/.

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