CVE-2016-9814

critical

Description

The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

References

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-01

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/03/msg00001.html

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94730

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2017-02-17

Updated: 2024-11-21

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

Severity: High

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H

Severity: Critical