CVE-2016-9955

medium

Description

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.

References

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00001.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94946

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-17

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 4

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Medium