RHSA-2020:3970 — Security Advisory
Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_openidc security update
Severity
LowRed Hat Product Security
Products
Official CSAF product identity
Published · September 30, 2020
Updated · June 25, 2026
Topic
An update for mod_auth_openidc is now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.
Red Hat Product Security has rated this update as having a security impact of Low. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available for each vulnerability from the CVE link(s) in the References section.
Description
The mod_auth_openidc is an OpenID Connect authentication module for Apache HTTP Server. It enables an Apache HTTP Server to operate as an OpenID Connect Relying Party and/or OAuth 2.0 Resource Server.
Security Fix(es):
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mod_auth_openidc: Open redirect in logout url when using URLs with leading slashes (CVE-2019-14857)
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mod_auth_openidc: Open redirect issue exists in URLs with slash and backslash (CVE-2019-20479)
For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.
Additional Changes:
For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.9 Release Notes linked from the References section.