vulnerability

Ubuntu: (CVE-2017-12868): simplesamlphp vulnerability

Severity
8
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)
Published
Sep 1, 2017
Added
Jun 26, 2025
Modified
Jul 28, 2025

Description

The secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation.

Solution

no-fix-ubuntu-package
Title
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