vulnerability

Ubuntu: USN-7309-1 (CVE-2016-5697): Ruby SAML vulnerabilities

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
Jan 23, 2017
Added
Mar 3, 2025
Modified
Aug 18, 2025

Description


It was discovered that Ruby SAML did not properly validate SAML responses.
An unauthenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to log in as an
abitrary user. This issue only affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2016-5697)

It was discovered that Ruby SAML incorrectly utilized the results of XML
DOM traversal and canonicalization APIs. An unauthenticated attacker could
use this vulnerability to log in as an abitrary user. This issue only
affected Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. (CVE-2017-11428)

It was discovered that Ruby SAML did not properly verify the signature of
the SAML Response, allowing multiple elements with the same ID. An
unauthenticated attacker could use this vulnerability to log in as an
abitrary user. (CVE-2024-45409)

Solution

ubuntu-pro-upgrade-ruby-saml
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