CVE-2017-12868

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Summary

CVECVE-2017-12868
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-01 13:29:00 UTC
Updated2018-07-01 01:29:00 UTC
DescriptionThe secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-384

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Php Php All All All All
Application Php Php All All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
bugfix: SimpleSAML\Utils\Crypto returns true for different strings us… · simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp@4bc6296 · GitHub CONFIRM github.com Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1408-1] simplesamlphp security update MLIST lists.debian.org
[SECURITY] [DLA 1205-1] simplesamlphp security update MLIST lists.debian.org
SimpleSAMLphp CONFIRM simplesamlphp.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
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