RHSA-2020:3970 — Security Advisory

Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_openidc security update

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Severity

Low

Red Hat Product Security

RHEL 7

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):

  • mod_auth_openidc: Open redirect in logout url when using URLs with leading slashes (CVE-2019-14857)

  • 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.

Related CVEs

RHSA-2020:3970 — Red Hat Security Advisory: mod_auth_openidc security update | PulseLinux