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RHEL 7 : ipsilon (RHSA-2016:2809)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 95047
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for ipsilon.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2016:2809 advisory.The ipsilon packages provide the Ipsilon identity provider service for federated single sign-on (SSO).
Ipsilon links authentication providers and applications or utilities to allow for SSO. It includes a server and utilities to configure Apache-based service providers.
Security Fix(es):
* A vulnerability was found in ipsilon in the SAML2 provider's handling of sessions. An attacker able to hit the logout URL could determine what service providers other users are logged in to and terminate their sessions. (CVE-2016-8638)
This issue was discovered by Patrick Uiterwijk (Red Hat) and Howard Johnson.
Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Red Hat Enterprise Linux security advisory.
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the RHEL ipsilon package based on the guidance in RHSA-2016:2809.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?7e75ca5c
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2016:2809
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#important
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 95047
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2016-2809.nasl
Version: 2.15
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/22/2016
Updated: 11/4/2024
Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.2
Vendor
Vendor Severity: Important
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.4
Temporal Score: 4.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8638
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.1
Temporal Score: 7.9
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-infosssd, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-tools-ipa, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:7, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-client, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authgssapi, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-base, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-filesystem, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authldap, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-authform, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-persona, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:ipsilon-saml2-base
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/21/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/12/2017
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-8638