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High USN-6913-1 1 CVE

php-cas vulnerability

Published Jul 24, 2024 · Updated Feb 10, 2026

Summary

Filip Hejsek discovered that phpCAS was using HTTP headers to determine
the service URL used to validate tickets. A remote attacker could
possibly use this issue to gain access to a victim's account on a
vulnerable CASified service.

This security update introduces an incompatible API change. After applying
this update, third party applications need to be modified to pass in an
additional service base URL argument when constructing the client class.

For more information please refer to the section
"Upgrading 1.5.0 -> 1.6.0" of the phpCAS upgrading document:

https://github.com/apereo/phpCAS/blob/master/docs/Upgrading

Fixed packages 2

ReleasePackageFixed in
Ubuntu · 20.04 LTS 20.04:LTS php-cas 1.3.8-1ubuntu0.20.04.1
Ubuntu · 22.04 LTS 22.04:LTS php-cas 1.3.8-1ubuntu0.22.04.1

Vulnerabilities 1

  • High 8.0

    Service Hostname Discovery Exploitation in phpCAS

    phpCAS is an authentication library that allows PHP applications to easily authenticate users via a Central Authentication Service (CAS) server. The phpCAS library uses HTTP headers to determine the service URL used to validate tickets. This allows an attacke…

References

  • report
    https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2022-39369