CVE-2021-3639

Summary

CVECVE-2021-3639
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2022-08-22 15:15:00 UTC
Updated2023-02-12 23:41:00 UTC
DescriptionA flaw was found in mod_auth_mellon where it does not sanitize logout URLs properly. This issue could be used by an attacker to facilitate phishing attacks by tricking users into visiting a trusted web application URL that redirects to an external and potentially malicious server. The highest threat from this liability is to confidentiality and integrity.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-601

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Uninett Mod Auth Mellon All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Red Hat Customer Portal - Access to 24x7 support and knowledge MISC access.redhat.com
Prevent redirect to URLs that begin with '///' · latchset/mod_auth_mellon@42a1126 · GitHub MISC github.com
1980648 – (CVE-2021-3639) CVE-2021-3639 mod_auth_mellon: Open Redirect vulnerability in logout URLs MISC bugzilla.redhat.com
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 159805 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (ELSA-2022-1934)
  • 181385 Debian Security Update for libapache2-mod-auth-mellon (CVE-2021-3639)
  • 181628 Debian Security Update for libapache2-mod-auth-mellon (DLA 3359-1)
  • 198485 Ubuntu Security Notification for mod-auth-mellon Vulnerability (USN-5069-2)
  • 198496 Ubuntu Security Notification for mod-auth-mellon Vulnerability (USN-5069-1)
  • 240312 Red Hat Update for mod_auth_mellon (RHSA-2022:1934)
  • 282204 Fedora Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (FEDORA-2021-5e033d6641)
  • 282229 Fedora Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (FEDORA-2022-b18f01985a)
  • 355386 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for mod_auth_mellon : ALAS2-2023-2077
  • 355426 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for mod24_auth_mellon : ALAS-2023-1765
  • 670753 EulerOS Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (EulerOS-SA-2021-2511)
  • 671018 EulerOS Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (EulerOS-SA-2021-2597)
  • 671432 EulerOS Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (EulerOS-SA-2022-1354)
  • 751076 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2-mod_auth_mellon (SUSE-SU-2021:2912-1)
  • 752106 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for apache2-mod_auth_mellon (SUSE-SU-2022:1524-1)
  • 903886 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (10651)
  • 907262 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (10651-1)
  • 940560 AlmaLinux Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (ALSA-2022:1934)
  • 960334 Rocky Linux Security Update for mod_auth_mellon (RLSA-2022:1934)
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