CVE-2018-6519 - Improper Neutralization of Special Elements in Output Used by a Downstream Component ('Injection')

Severity

50%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

48%

The SAML2 library before 1.10.4, 2.x before 2.3.5, and 3.x before 3.1.1 in SimpleSAMLphp has a Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability for fraction-of-seconds data in a timestamp.

The SAML2 library before 1.10.4, 2.x before 2.3.5, and 3.x before 3.1.1 in SimpleSAMLphp has a Regular Expression Denial of Service vulnerability for fraction-of-seconds data in a timestamp.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 7 years ago

2018-02-02 01:29:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-03 18:12:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-01

Vendor Advisory

DSA-4127

Third Party Advisory

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