XXE attack in Shibboleth Service Provider - CVE-2018-0489

 

XXE attack in Shibboleth Service Provider - CVE-2018-0489

Published: February 28, 2018 / Updated: March 19, 2021


Vulnerability identifier: #VU10777
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:L/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2018-0489
CWE-ID: CWE-611
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Shibboleth
Affected software:
Shibboleth Service Provider

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform XXE attack.

The vulnerability exists due to an implementation flaw in the XMLTooling library. A remote attacker can add or modify specially crafted XML data, modify digital signatures of user attribute data and impersonate a user or obtain potentially sensitive information.

How to mitigate CVE-2018-0489

Update to version 2.6.1.4.

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