Debian DLA-2599-1 : shibboleth-sp2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 147901

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Toni Huttunen discovered that the Shibboleth service provider's template engine used to render error pages could be abused for phishing attacks.

For additional information please refer to the upstream advisory at https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20210317.txt

For Debian 9 stretch, this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb9u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your shibboleth-sp2 packages.

For the detailed security status of shibboleth-sp2 please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/shibboleth-sp2

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 packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 147901

File Name: debian_DLA-2599.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 3/19/2021

Updated: 3/19/2021

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libshibsp-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libapache2-mod-shib2, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libshibsp-plugins, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:shibboleth-sp2-common, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libshibsp-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:shibboleth-sp2-utils, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libshibsp7

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/18/2021

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