Debian DSA-4038-1 : shibboleth-sp2 - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 104644

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Rod Widdowson of Steading System Software LLP discovered a coding error in the 'Dynamic' metadata plugin of the Shibboleth Service Provider, causing the plugin to fail configuring itself with the filters provided and omitting whatever checks they are intended to perform.

See https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt for details.

Solution

Upgrade the shibboleth-sp2 packages.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3+dfsg-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb9u1.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 104644

File Name: debian_DSA-4038.nasl

Version: 3.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 11/17/2017

Updated: 1/4/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:shibboleth-sp2, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Patch Publication Date: 11/16/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16852

DSA: 4038

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