USN-4597-1

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Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-4597-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/usn/USN-4597-1.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/USN-4597-1
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Published
2020-10-22T12:47:17.497290Z
Modified
2025-10-13T04:35:16Z
Summary
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon vulnerabilities
Details

François Kooman discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled cookies. An attacker could possibly use this issue to cause a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack. (CVE-2017-6807)

It was discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to redirect a user to a malicious URL. (CVE-2019-3877)

It was discovered that modauthmellon incorrectly handled certain requests. An attacker could possibly use this issue to access sensitive information. (CVE-2019-3878)

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / libapache2-mod-auth-mellon

Package

Name
libapache2-mod-auth-mellon
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/libapache2-mod-auth-mellon@0.12.0-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
0.12.0-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1

Affected versions

0.*

0.10.0-1
0.11.0-1
0.12.0-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "availability": "No subscription required",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-auth-mellon",
            "binary_version": "0.12.0-2+deb9u1build0.16.04.1"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

cves_map

{
    "cves": [
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2017-6807"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:L/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2019-3877"
        },
        {
            "severity": [
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"
                },
                {
                    "type": "CVSS_V3",
                    "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N"
                },
                {
                    "type": "Ubuntu",
                    "score": "medium"
                }
            ],
            "id": "CVE-2019-3878"
        }
    ],
    "ecosystem": "Ubuntu:16.04:LTS"
}