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CVE-2015-1796

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Date: July 8, 2015

The PKIX trust engines in Shibboleth Identity Provider before 2.4.4 and OpenSAML Java (OpenSAML-J) before 2.6.5 trust candidate X.509 credentials when no trusted names are available for the entityID, which allows remote attackers to impersonate an entity via a certificate issued by a shibmd:KeyAuthority trust anchor.

Language: Java

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Related Resources (6)

http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1177.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/75370
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-1796
https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20150225.txt
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-1176.html
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2015-1796

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Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Certificate Validation

CWE-295

Security Features

CWE-254

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CVSS v3.1

Base Score:
Attack Vector (AV): NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC): HIGH
Privileges Required (PR): LOW
User Interaction (UI): NONE
Scope (S): UNCHANGED
Confidentiality (C): HIGH
Integrity (I): NONE
Availability (A): NONE

CVSS v2

Base Score:
Access Vector (AV): NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC): MEDIUM
Authentication (AU): NONE
Confidentiality (C): NONE
Integrity (I): PARTIAL
Availability (A): NONE
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