CVE-2017-12872

published 2017-09-01

CVE-2017-12872: The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to…

Priority P4 31 medium 5.9 CVSS 3.0

AV N AC H PR N UI N S U C H I N A N

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

Affected

7 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	simplesamlphp	< simplesamlphp 1.14.15-1 (bookworm)	simplesamlphp 1.14.15-1 (bookworm)
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	<= 1.14.11	—
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.14.15-1	1.14.15-1
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.14.15-1	1.14.15-1
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.15.0-rc1	1.15.0-rc1

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 5.9 MEDIUM CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

nvd v2.0 4.3 MEDIUM AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

osv 5.9 MEDIUM

vendor_debian 5.9 MEDIUM

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