Cross-site Scripting (XSS) Affecting libapache2-mod-auth-mellon package, versions <0.12.0-2
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- published13 Mar 2017
- disclosed13 Mar 2017
Introduced: 13 Mar 2017
CVE-2017-6807 (opens in a new tab)How to fix?
Upgrade Debian:9 libapache2-mod-auth-mellon to version 0.12.0-2 or higher.
NVD Description
Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream libapache2-mod-auth-mellon package and not the libapache2-mod-auth-mellon package as distributed by Debian.
See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.
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.