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CVE-2018-6521

Date: February 1, 2018

The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Language: PHP

Severity Score

Related Resources (8)

https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6521
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6521
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127
https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2018-6521.yaml
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
https://www.mend.io/vulnerability-database/CVE-2018-6521

Severity Score

Weakness Type (CWE)

Improper Access Control

CWE-284

Insufficient Information

NVD-CWE-noinfo

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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