PyPi: Pysaml2

CVE-2017-1000433

Safety vulnerability ID: 35700

This vulnerability was reviewed by experts

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

Created at Jan 02, 2018 Updated at Dec 05, 2024

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Advisory

pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

Affected package

pysaml2

Latest version: 7.5.0

Python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard

Affected versions

Fixed versions

Vulnerability changelog

pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

CONFIRM:https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451: https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451
GENTOO:GLSA-201801-11: https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11

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Severity Details

CVSS Base Score

HIGH 8.1

CVSS v3 Details

HIGH 8.1

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

CVSS v2 Details

MEDIUM 6.8

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