Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2015-5217

medium Nessus Plugin ID 218930

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Synopsis

The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be patched.

Description

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

- providers/saml2/admin.py in the Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly check permissions to update the SAML2 Service Provider (SP) owner, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a duplicate SP name. (CVE-2015-5217)

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

Solution

There is no known solution at this time.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 218930

File Name: unpatched_CVE_2015_5217.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 3/4/2025

Updated: 9/3/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5217

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authform, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authgssapi, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-client, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-infosssd, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-saml2, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-saml2-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-tools-ipa, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authform, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authgssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-infosssd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-tools-ipa, cpe:/o:centos:centos:7, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-authldap, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-base, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:ipsilon-persona, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-persona

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, global_settings/vendor_unpatched, Host/OS/identifier

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5217

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