Debian DSA-4039-1 : opensaml2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104645

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Synopsis

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

Description

Rod Widdowson of Steading System Software LLP discovered a coding error in the OpenSAML library, causing the DynamicMetadataProvider class to fail configuring itself with the filters provided and omitting whatever checks they are intended to perform.

See https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt for details.

Solution

Upgrade the opensaml2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3-2+deb8u2.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0-4+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104645

File Name: debian_DSA-4039.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/17/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:opensaml2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

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

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16853

DSA: 4039

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