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Ubuntu: USN-3402-1 (CVE-2016-10149): PySAML2 vulnerability

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Ubuntu: USN-3402-1 (CVE-2016-10149): PySAML2 vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
03/24/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
08/24/2017
Modified
04/25/2018

Description

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

Solution(s)

  • ubuntu-upgrade-python-pysaml2
  • ubuntu-upgrade-python3-pysaml2

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