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Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 : OpenSAML vulnerability (USN-7364-1)

info Nessus Plugin ID 233283

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Ubuntu 16.04 LTS / 18.04 LTS / 20.04 LTS / 22.04 LTS / 24.04 LTS / 24.10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the USN-7364-1 advisory.

 Alexander Tan discovered that the OpenSAML C++ library was susceptible to forging of signed SAML messages.
 An attacker could possibly use this issue to gain unauthorized access to a system and manipulate sensitive information.

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Ubuntu security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7364-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Info

ID: 233283

File Name: ubuntu_USN-7364-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/24/2025

Updated: 3/24/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:16.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:18.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:20.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:22.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.04:-:lts, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:24.10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml10, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml12, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml12t64, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml2-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml8v5, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libsaml9, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opensaml-schemas, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opensaml-tools, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opensaml2-schemas, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:opensaml2-tools

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/21/2025

Reference Information

USN: 7364-1