CVE-2016-9814
simplesamlphp - security update
9.1
CRITICAL
CVSS 3.1
EPSS 0.83%
Description
The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.
How to fix CVE-2016-9814
To remediate CVE-2016-9814, upgrade the affected package to a fixed version below.
- —upgrade to 1.14.10-1 or later
- —upgrade to 1.9.2-1+deb7u3 or later
- —upgrade to 1.10.3 or later
Is CVE-2016-9814 being exploited?
Low — EPSS is 0.8%, meaning exploitation activity has not been observed at scale.
Affected packages (3)
- from 0, < 1.14.10-1
- from 0, < 1.9.2-1+deb7u3
- >= 1.10, < 1.10.3
CVSS scores
| Source | Version | Severity | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| osv | CVSS 3.1 | CRITICAL9.1 | CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H |