CVE-2018-6521

Severity

75%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 3.0 Base Score 9.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 7.5. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

Type

Debian Linux

First reported 7 years ago

2018-02-02 01:29:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-03 00:03:00

Affected Software

Debian Linux 7.0

7.0

Debian Linux 8.0 (Jessie)

8.0

Debian Linux 9.0

9.0

References

[debian-lts-announce] 20180209 [SECURITY] [DLA 1273-1] simplesamlphp security update

Exploit, Mailing List, Third Party Advisory

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03

Vendor Advisory

DSA-4127

Third Party Advisory

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