Debian DLA-1410-1 : python-pysaml2 security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 110819

Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security update.

Description

Pysaml2, a Python implementation of the Security Assertion Markup Language, would accept any password when run with Python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

For Debian 8 'Jessie', this issue has been fixed in version 2.0.0-1+deb8u2.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-pysaml2 packages.

NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

Upgrade the affected python-pysaml2, and python-pysaml2-doc packages.

See Also

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/python-pysaml2

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 110819

File Name: debian_DLA-1410.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/2/2018

Updated: 9/10/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000433

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pysaml2-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:python-pysaml2

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/1/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000433