Session Fixation Affecting simplesamlphp package, versions <1.14.15-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
critical
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SIMPLESAMLPHP-1559917
  • published1 Sept 2017
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12868  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-384  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:12 simplesamlphp to version 1.14.15-1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream simplesamlphp package and not the simplesamlphp package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:12 relevant fixed versions and status.

The secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation.