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Debian DSA-2387-1 : simplesamlphp - insufficient input sanitation

medium Nessus Plugin ID 57527

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

'timtai1' discovered that simpleSAMLphp, an authentication and federation platform, is vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack, allowing a remote attacker to access sensitive client data.

The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain a simplesamlphp package.

Solution

Upgrade the simplesamlphp packages.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in version 1.6.3-3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/squeeze/simplesamlphp

https://www.debian.org/security/2012/dsa-2387

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 57527

File Name: debian_DSA-2387.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/12/2012

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:simplesamlphp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:6.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/11/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0040, CVE-2012-0908

BID: 51372

DSA: 2387