Resource Management Errors Affecting simplesamlphp package, versions *


Severity

Recommended
low

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.58% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1604-SIMPLESAMLPHP-306075
  • published17 Feb 2017
  • disclosed17 Feb 2017

Introduced: 17 Feb 2017

CVE-2016-9814  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-399  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Ubuntu:16.04 simplesamlphp.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream simplesamlphp package and not the simplesamlphp package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.