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Debian: CVE-2017-12868: simplesamlphp -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-12868: simplesamlphp -- security update

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
09/01/2017
Created
03/19/2019
Added
02/19/2019
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-simplesamlphp

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