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CVE-2016-9955

Published: 17 February 2017

The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

Priority

Medium

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.3

Score breakdown

Status

Package Release Status
simplesamlphp
Launchpad, Ubuntu, Debian
artful Not vulnerable

bionic Not vulnerable

cosmic Not vulnerable

disco Not vulnerable

eoan Not vulnerable

focal Not vulnerable

groovy Not vulnerable

hirsute Not vulnerable

impish Not vulnerable

jammy Not vulnerable

kinetic Not vulnerable

lunar Not vulnerable

mantic Not vulnerable

precise Ignored
(end of life)
trusty Does not exist
(trusty was needed)
upstream
Released (1.14.11-1)
xenial Needed

yakkety Ignored
(end of life)
zesty Not vulnerable

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.3
Attack vector Local
Attack complexity High
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact High
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H