Candidate: CVE-2018-6521
PublicDate: 2018-02-02 01:29:00 UTC
References:
 https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2018-6521
 https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03
Description:
 The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8
 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters.
 There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass
 intended access restrictions.
Ubuntu-Description:
Notes:
 msalvatore> According to the security advisory, "there is no known way to
 msalvatore> exploit the issue." There are 2 mitigating factors. See the
 msalvatore> SimpleSAMLphp advisory for more details.
Bugs:
Priority: low
Discovered-by:
Assigned-to:
CVSS:
 nvd: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H [9.8 CRITICAL]


Patches_simplesamlphp:
upstream_simplesamlphp: released (1.15.2-1)
precise/esm_simplesamlphp: DNE
trusty_simplesamlphp: ignored (reached end-of-life)
trusty/esm_simplesamlphp: DNE (trusty was needs-triage)
xenial_simplesamlphp: ignored (end of standard support, was needed)
artful_simplesamlphp: ignored (reached end-of-life)
bionic_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
cosmic_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
disco_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
eoan_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
focal_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
groovy_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
hirsute_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
impish_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
jammy_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)
devel_simplesamlphp: not-affected (1.15.2-1)