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CVE-2017-12868

Date: September 1, 2017

The 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.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (9)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12868
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00017.html
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12868
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201705-01
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2017-12868.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/4bc629658e7b7d17c9ac3fe0da7dc5df71f1b85e
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2017-12868

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Session Fixation

CWE-384

CVSS v3.1

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

CVSS v2

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