CVE-2018-0489

Impact:
Important
Public Date:
2018-02-27
CWE:
CWE-287
Bugzilla:
1549361: CVE-2018-0489 openSAML: Mishandling of comments in SAML content can lead to bypass of signature verification

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

Shibboleth XMLTooling-C before 1.6.4, as used in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.1.4 on Windows and other products, mishandles digital signatures of user data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or conduct impersonation attacks via crafted XML data. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-0486.

Find out more about CVE-2018-0489 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 8.1
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:N
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required Low
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality High
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact None

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat JBoss EAP 7 picketlink Not affected
Red Hat JBoss EAP 6 picketlink Not affected

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