Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature Affecting opensaml2 package, versions <2.6.0-4+deb9u1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.85% (89th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-DEBIAN9-OPENSAML2-284590
  • published16 Nov 2017
  • disclosed16 Nov 2017

Introduced: 16 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-16853  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-347  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Debian:9 opensaml2 to version 2.6.0-4+deb9u1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream opensaml2 package and not the opensaml2 package as distributed by Debian. See How to fix? for Debian:9 relevant fixed versions and status.

The DynamicMetadataProvider class in saml/saml2/metadata/impl/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in OpenSAML-C in OpenSAML before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does not perform critical security checks such as signature verification, enforcement of validity periods, and other checks specific to deployments, aka CPPOST-105.