PyPi: Pysaml2

CVE-2016-10149

Safety vulnerability ID: 35660

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

The information on this page was manually curated by our Cybersecurity Intelligence Team.

Created at Mar 24, 2017 Updated at Mar 29, 2024
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Advisory

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

Affected package

pysaml2

Latest version: 7.5.0

Python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

XML External Entity (XXE) vulnerability in PySAML2 4.4.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a crafted SAML XML request or response.


MLIST:[oss-security] 20170119 Re: CVE request: python-pysaml2 XML external entity attack: http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2017/01/19/5
MISC:https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/366: https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/366
CONFIRM:https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850716: https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=850716
CONFIRM:https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/commit/6e09a25d9b4b7aa7a506853210a9a14100b8bc9b: https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/commit/6e09a25d9b4b7aa7a506853210a9a14100b8bc9b
CONFIRM:https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/pull/379: https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/pull/379
DEBIAN:DSA-3759: http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-3759
REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0936: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0936
REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0937: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0937
REDHAT:RHSA-2017:0938: https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:0938
BID:97692: http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/97692

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 7.5

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 7.5
Attack Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Attack Complexity (AC)
LOW
Privileges Required (PR)
NONE
User Interaction (UI)
NONE
Scope (S)
UNCHANGED
Confidentiality Impact (C)
HIGH
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Availability (A)
NONE

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 5.0
Access Vector (AV)
NETWORK
Access Complexity (AC)
LOW
Authentication (Au)
NONE
Confidentiality Impact (C)
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact (I)
NONE
Availability Impact (A)
NONE