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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: SAML allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization (SA43667)

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Pulse Secure Pulse Connect Secure: SAML allow authentication bypass via incorrect XML canonicalization (SA43667)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:L/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
10/29/2018
Created
10/28/2020
Added
10/28/2020
Modified
02/15/2024

Description

Multiple Pulse Secure products utilizing SAML implementation could allow an attacker with an authenticated access to a SAML Identity Provider (IdP) to bypass authentication for a different user.  The cause is due to an inconsistency of XML DOM traversal APIs and handling of comment nodes.

Solution(s)

  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-8_1r15
  • pulse-secure-pulse-connect-secure-upgrade-9_0r2

References

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