#VU31447 Input validation error in SimpleSAMLphp - CVE-2016-9955

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#VU31447 Input validation error in SimpleSAMLphp - CVE-2016-9955

Published: February 17, 2017 / Updated: July 18, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU31447
Vulnerability risk: Low
CVSSv4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:L/AC:L/AT:P/PR:N/UI:A/VC:N/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2016-9955
CWE-ID: CWE-20
Exploitation vector: Local access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vulnerable software:
SimpleSAMLphp
Software vendor:
SimpleSAMLphp

Description

The vulnerability allows a local non-authenticated attacker to #BASIC_IMPACT#.

The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.


Remediation

Install update from vendor's website.

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