PT-2017-12742 · Simplesamlphp · Simplesamlphp

Published 2017-09-01 · Updated 2022-05-14 · CVE-2017-12872

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.9

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions SimpleSAMLphp versions 1.14.11 and earlier

Description The issue allows remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks. This is possible due to the use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input in the Htpasswd authentication source and the SimpleSAML Session class.

Recommendations For SimpleSAMLphp versions 1.14.11 and earlier, consider updating to a version that addresses this issue, as the current version allows for timing side-channel attacks. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2017-12872

DLA-1205-1

DLA-1408-1

GHSA-V882-949X-6V28

Affected Products

Simplesamlphp

References · 21

• 🔥 https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2017-12872.yaml · Exploit
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12868 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12872 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DLA-1408-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201703-01 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12872 · Security Note
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/DLA-1408-1 · Vendor Advisory
• http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2017-12872 · Security Note
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2017-12872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/simplesamlphp · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12872 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-v882-949x-6v28 · Vendor Advisory