Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

BID:58609

Info

Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 58609
Class: Design Error
CVE: CVE-2013-2279
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 19 2013 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 19 2013 12:00AM
Credit: Juraj Somorovsky, Andreas Mayer, Jörg Schwenk, Marco Kampmann, and Meiko Jensen.
Vulnerable: Computer Associates SiteMinder for Secure Proxy Server 6.0
Computer Associates SiteMinder for Secure Proxy Server 12.5
Computer Associates SiteMinder for Secure Proxy Server 12.0
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(Standalone) 12.1
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(Standalone) 12.0
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(FSS) 12.5
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(FSS) 12.0
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation r6
Computer Associates SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint 2010 0
Not Vulnerable: Computer Associates SiteMinder for Secure Proxy Server 12.5 CR2
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(Standalone) 12.5
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(FSS) 12.5 CR2
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation(FSS) 12.0 SP3 CR12
Computer Associates SiteMinder Federation r6 SP6 CR10
Computer Associates SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint 2010 12.5.1

Discussion

Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Multiple CA SiteMinder products are prone to a signature-verification security-bypass vulnerability.

An attacker can exploit this issue to bypass the signature validation mechanism and impersonate another user.

This vulnerability affects the following products:

CA SiteMinder Federation
CA SiteMinder Agent for SharePoint
CA SiteMinder for Secure Proxy Server

Exploit / POC

Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Currently, we are not aware of any working exploits. If you feel we are in error or if you are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected].

Solution / Fix

Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

Multiple CA SiteMinder Products SAML Signature Validation Security Bypass Vulnerability

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