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Debian: CVE-2017-16853: opensaml2 -- security update

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Debian: CVE-2017-16853: opensaml2 -- security update

Severity
7
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
11/16/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
11/17/2017
Modified
02/24/2020

Description

The DynamicMetadataProvider class in saml/saml2/metadata/impl/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in OpenSAML-C in OpenSAML 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 CPPOST-105.

Solution(s)

  • debian-upgrade-opensaml2

References

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