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Medium · 5.9 CVE-2017-12870 EUVD-2022-2297GHSA-44pr-mgcp-v36r

SimpleSAMLphp Unauthenticated encryption in CBC mode

Published Sep 1, 2017 · Updated Aug 5, 2024 · Assigned by mitre

Description

SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers.

Fixed in Linux distributions

Distributions backport fixes, so the version that fixes this vulnerability differs per release — upgrade to at least the version shown. From the distributions' security trackers and advisories.

ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Debian 14 simplesamlphp 1.14.15-1 —
Debian 12 simplesamlphp 1.14.15-1 —
ReleasePackageFixed inAdvisory
Ubuntu Pro 16.04 LTS simplesamlphp No fix yet —

Affected packages

EcosystemPackageAffectedFixedRecord
Packagist simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp < 1.14.13 1.14.13 GHSA-44pr-mgcp-v36r

References