PT-2017-8747 · Ruby+2 · Ruby-Saml+2

Alvaro Hoyos · CVE-2016-5697 · Published 2017-01-23 · Updated 2025-02-28

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions ruby-saml versions prior to 1.3.0

Description The issue allows attackers to perform XML signature wrapping attacks. This occurs in a specific scenario where a signature references two elements simultaneously, one of which is inside an encrypted assertion, bypassing the scheme validator process.

Recommendations For ruby-saml versions prior to 1.3.0, update to version 1.3.0, which implements extra validations to mitigate this kind of attack.

Exploit

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-91

Related Identifiers

CVE-2016-5697

GHSA-36P7-XJW8-H6F2

USN-7309-1

Affected Products

Linuxmint

Ubuntu

Ruby-Saml

References · 16

• 🔥 https://github.com/rubysec/ruby-advisory-db/blob/master/gems/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml · Exploit
• 🔥 https://github.com/synacktiv/CVE-2024-45409 · Exploit
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2016-5697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2016-5697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/USN-7309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/UBUNTU-CVE-2016-5697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-5697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-11428 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2016-5697 · Security Note
• https://cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2016-5697 · Security Note
• http://openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/06/24/3 · Patch
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-7309-1 · Vendor Advisory
• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/DEBIAN-CVE-2016-5697 · Vendor Advisory
• https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2024-45409 · Vendor Advisory