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Debian: CVE-2017-16852: shibboleth-sp2 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Nov 16, 2017
Added
Nov 17, 2017
Modified
Mar 30, 2026

Description

shibsp/metadata/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in the Dynamic MetadataProvider plugin in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does not perform critical security checks such as signature verification, enforcement of validity periods, and other checks specific to deployments, aka SSPCPP-763.

Solution

debian-upgrade-shibboleth-sp2
Title
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