CVE-2017-12872

Medium

Description

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.9
Exploit probability—
ProductSimplesamlphp
PublishedSep 1, 2017
First seenSep 1, 2017

How to fix

Update
  • simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp1.15.0-rc1 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
simplesamlphp simplesamlphpv ≤ 1.14.11—
debian debian_linux7.0, 8.0—
simplesamlphp/simplesamlphpPackagistv < 1.15.0-rc11.15.0-rc1

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