CVE-2016-8638

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-8638
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-07-12 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionA vulnerability in ipsilon 2.0 before 2.0.2, 1.2 before 1.2.1, 1.1 before 1.1.2, and 1.0 before 1.0.3 was found that allows attacker to log out active sessions of other users. This issue is related to how it tracks sessions, and allows an unauthenticated attacker to view and terminate active sessions from other users. It is also called a "SAML2 multi-session vulnerability."

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v3.0 9.1 CRITICAL from [email protected]

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-384 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary6.4AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
None
Availability
High

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.0.0 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.0.1 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.0.2 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.1.0 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.1.1 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 1.2.0 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 2.0.0 All All All
Application Ipsilon Project Ipsilon 2.0.1 All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Ipsilon CVE-2016-8638 Denial of Service Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
Ipsilon af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ipsilon-project.org
Red Hat Customer Portal af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 rhn.redhat.com
Commit - ipsilon - 511fa8b7001c2f9a42301aa1d4b85aaf170a461c - Pagure.io af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 pagure.io Patch, Vendor Advisory
ipsilon-project.org/advisory/CVE-2016-8638.txt af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 ipsilon-project.org Vendor Advisory
1392829 – (CVE-2016-8638) CVE-2016-8638 ipsilon: DoS via logging out all open SAML2 sessions af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 bugzilla.redhat.com Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory
Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
CVE-2016-8638 - Red Hat Customer Portal MITRE access.redhat.com
1392829 – (CVE-2016-8638) CVE-2016-8638 ipsilon: DoS via logging out all open SAML2 sessions MITRE bugzilla.redhat.com
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