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Debian DLA-1298-1 : simplesamlphp security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 107133

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in SimpleSAMLphp, a framework for authentication, primarily via the SAML protocol.

CVE-2016-9814 & CVE-2016-9955

An incorrect check of return values in the signature validation utilities allowed an attacker to get invalid signatures accepted as valid in the rare case of an error occurring during validation.

SSPSA-201802-01 (no CVE yet)

Critical signature validation vulnerability.

In addition this update adds a patch to solve excessive resource consumption in case of SimpleSAMLphp processing a large metadata file.

For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-1+deb7u3.

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.

Solution

Upgrade the affected simplesamlphp package.

See Also

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

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

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 107133

File Name: debian_DLA-1298.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/6/2018

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.5

Temporal Score: 6.3

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:simplesamlphp, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9814, CVE-2016-9955