# CVE-2019-3878: A vulnerability was found in mod\_auth\_mellon before v0.14.2.

- Severity: CVSS 8.1 (High), CNA
- Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2019-03-26 · Updated: 2024-08-04

## Affected

- uninett mod\_auth\_mellon: before v0.14.2

## Description

A vulnerability was found in mod_auth_mellon before v0.14.2. If Apache is configured as a reverse proxy and mod_auth_mellon is configured to only let through authenticated users (with the require valid-user directive), adding special HTTP headers that are normally used to start the special SAML ECP (non-browser based) can be used to bypass authentication.

## What to do

- Check your stack: if you ship or depend on uninett mod\_auth\_mellon, no fixed version is listed yet; follow the vendor advisory per the references below.
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## References

- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2019-3878
- https://github.com/Uninett/mod_auth_mellon/pull/196
- https://usn.ubuntu.com/3924-1/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/CNW5YMC5TLWVWNJEY6AIWNSNPRAMWPQJ/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/X7NLAU7KROWNTHAYSA2S67X347F42L2I/
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0746
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0766
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:0985
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHBA-2019:0959

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