CVE-2018-6521

published 2018-02-02

CVE-2018-6521: The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might…

Priority P3 53 critical 9.8 CVSS 3.0

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

The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Affected

8 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	debian_linux	—	—
debian	simplesamlphp	< simplesamlphp 1.15.2-1 (bookworm)	simplesamlphp 1.15.2-1 (bookworm)
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	< 1.15.2	1.15.2
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.15.2-1	1.15.2-1
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.15.2-1	1.15.2-1
simplesamlphp	simplesamlphp	>= 0 < 1.15.2	1.15.2

CVSS provenance

nvd v3.0 9.8 CRITICAL CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

nvd v2.0 7.5 HIGH AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

osv 9.8 CRITICAL

vendor_debian 9.8 CRITICAL

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