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Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-1000246): python-pysaml2 vulnerability

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Nov 17, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

Python package pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and earlier reuses the initialization vector across encryptions in the IDP server, resulting in weak encryption of data.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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