CVE-2017-12873
critical
CVSS v3
9.8
CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
9.8
Description
SimpleSAMLphp 1.7.0 through 1.14.10 might allow attackers to obtain sensitive information, gain unauthorized access, or have unspecified other impacts by leveraging incorrect persistent NameID generation when an Identity Provider (IdP) is misconfigured.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
97%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
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OS impact
Debian Mixed 6 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| sid | Fixed | 1.14.11-1 |
| bullseye | Fixed | 1.14.11-1 |
| bookworm | Fixed | 1.14.11-1 |
| 9.0 | Affected | — |
| 8.0 | Affected | — |
| 7.0 | Affected | — |
Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| Packagist | simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp | >=1.7.0,<1.14.11 | 1.14.11 |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| simplesamlphp | simplesamlphp | {"startIncluding":"1.7.0","endIncluding":"1.14.10"} | |
References
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/90dca835158495b173808273e7df127303b8b953
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-04
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127
- https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-gp2m-7cfp-h6gf
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-12873
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2017-12873.yaml
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12873
CWEs
CWE-384
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.