Information Exposure Affecting simplesamlphp package, versions <1.14.15-1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.13% (50th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN12-SIMPLESAMLPHP-1559928
  • published1 Sept 2017
  • disclosed1 Sept 2017

Introduced: 1 Sep 2017

CVE-2017-12870  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (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.

SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers.