The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied patch available.

  - The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in     SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by     leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.
    (CVE-2017-12872)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

  - The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in
    SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by
    leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.
    (CVE-2017-12872)

CVE-2017-12872 / CVE-2017-12868

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

CVE-2017-12868 was a about an improper fix of CVE-2017-12872 in the initial patch released by upstream. We have used the correct patch.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', these problems have been fixed in version 1.13.1-2+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your simplesamlphp packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

The simplesamlphp package in wheezy is vulnerable to multiple attacks on authentication-related code, leading to unauthorized access and information disclosure.

CVE-2017-12867

The SimpleSAML_Auth_TimeLimitedToken class allows attackers with access to a secret token to extend its validity period by manipulating the prepended time offset.

CVE-2017-12869

The multiauth module allows remote attackers to bypass authentication context restrictions and use an authentication source defined in config/authsources.php via vectors related to improper validation of user input.

CVE-2017-12872 / CVE-2017-12868

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote iattackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

CVE-2017-12868 was a about an improper fix of CVE-2017-12872 in the initial patch released by upstream. We have used the correct patch.

CVE-2017-12873

SimpleSAMLphp might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information, gain unauthorized access, or have unspecified other impacts by leveraging incorrect persistent NameID generation when an Identity Provider (IdP) is misconfigured.

CVE-2017-12874

The InfoCard module for SimpleSAMLphp allows attackers to spoof XML messages by leveraging an incorrect check of return values in signature validation utilities.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-1+deb7u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your simplesamlphp packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

ID	Name	Product	Family	Type	Severity
254541	Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-12872	Nessus	Misc.	Local	medium
434382	SCA: security update for simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (GHSA-v882-949x-6v28)	Tenable Cloud Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
434382	SCA: security update for simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (GHSA-v882-949x-6v28)	Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security	SCA Checks	Local	medium
110817	Debian DLA-1408-1 : simplesamlphp security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical
105193	Debian DLA-1205-1 : simplesamlphp security update	Nessus	Debian Local Security Checks	Local	critical

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