CVE-2016-9814

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Summary

CVECVE-2016-9814
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerdebian
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-02-17 02:59:14 UTC
Updated2025-04-20 01:37:25 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

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:N/I:H/A:H

Problem Types: CWE-399 | n/a

VersionSourceTypeScoreSeverityVector
3.0[email protected]Primary9.1CRITICALCVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
2.0[email protected]Primary8.5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

CVSS v3.0 Breakdown

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

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

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

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

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 1.10 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 1.10.1 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 1.10.2 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.0.0 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.0.1 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.1 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.2 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.3 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.3.1 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 2.3.2 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Saml2 All All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp 1.10 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

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

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1297-1] simplesamlphp security update af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.debian.org
SimpleSAMLphp af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 simplesamlphp.org Vendor Advisory
SimpleSAMLphp CVE-2016-9814 Security Bypass Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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