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CVE-2017-12868

N/A

Description

The secureCompare method in lib/SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto.php in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.13 and earlier, when used with PHP before 5.6, allows attackers to conduct session fixation attacks or possibly bypass authentication by leveraging missing character conversions before an XOR operation.

CVE Details

CVSS v3.1 ScoreN/A

Published9/1/2017

Last Modified4/20/2025

Sourcenvd

Honeypot Sightings0

Affected Products

php:phpsimplesamlphp:simplesamlphp

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-384

References

https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/4bc629658e7b7d17c9ac3fe0da7dc5df71f1b85e(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00017.html(cve@mitre.org)

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201705-01(cve@mitre.org)

https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/4bc629658e7b7d17c9ac3fe0da7dc5df71f1b85e(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00017.html(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201705-01(af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)

IOC Correlations

No correlations recorded

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