CVE-2016-9955

CVSS V2 Medium 4 CVSS V3 Medium 6.3
Description
The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-2016-9955
  • Assigner
  • security@debian.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Analyzed
  • Published Version
  • 2017-02-17T02:59:14
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2018-10-02T15:52:32
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-20 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/20.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:simplesamlphp:simplesamlphp:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR 1.14.11
cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:7.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Integrity Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Availability Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Base Score
  • 4
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 4.9
  • Impact Score
  • 4.9
CVSS Version 3
  • Version
  • 3.0
  • Vector String
  • CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
  • Attack Vector
  • LOCAL
  • Attack Compatibility
  • HIGH
  • Privileges Required
  • NONE
  • User Interaction
  • REQUIRED
  • Scope
  • UNCHANGED
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • HIGH
  • Base Score
  • 6.3
  • Base Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 1
  • Impact Score
  • 5.2
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94946 Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00001.html Third Party Advisory
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-9955
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-9955
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 18:37:31 Added to TrackCVE
2022-12-02 14:00:48 2017-02-17T02:59Z 2017-02-17T02:59:14 CVE Published Date updated
2022-12-02 14:00:48 2018-10-02T15:52:32 CVE Modified Date updated
2022-12-02 14:00:48 Analyzed Vulnerability Status updated