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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-6807: Security patch for mod_auth_mellon, mod24_auth_mellon (ALAS-2018-968)

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Amazon Linux AMI: CVE-2017-6807: Security patch for mod_auth_mellon, mod24_auth_mellon (ALAS-2018-968)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/13/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/09/2018
Modified
10/14/2022

Description

mod_auth_mellon before 0.13.1 is vulnerable to a Cross-Site Session Transfer attack, where a user with access to one web site running on a server can copy their session cookie to a different web site on the same server to get access to that site.

Solution(s)

  • amazon-linux-upgrade--mod24_auth_mellon
  • amazon-linux-upgrade-mod_auth_mellon

References

  • ALAS-2018-968
  • 96843
  • CVE-2017-6807
  • USN-4597-1

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