CVE-2017-12872

Summary

CVECVE-2017-12872
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2017-09-01 21:29:00 UTC
Updated2019-05-13 18:53:00 UTC
DescriptionThe (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-200

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 7.0 All All All
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 8.0 All All All
Application Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp All All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
[SECURITY] [DLA 1408-1] simplesamlphp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
[SECURITY] [DLA 1205-1] simplesamlphp security update MLIST lists.debian.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
SimpleSAMLphp CONFIRM simplesamlphp.org Patch, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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