CVE-2016-8638

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2016-11-21
CWE:
CWE-592
Bugzilla:
1392829: CVE-2016-8638 ipsilon: DoS via logging out all open SAML2 sessions
A vulnerability was found in ipsilon in the SAML2 provider's handling of sessions. An attacker able to hit the logout URL could determine what service providers other users are logged in to and terminate their sessions.

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CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 6.4
Base Metrics AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 8.2
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:H
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact High

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 (ipsilon) RHSA-2016:2809 2016-11-21

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Patrick Uiterwijk (Red Hat) and Howard Johnson.

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