CVE-2020-27978

High

Description

Shibboleth Identify Provider 3.x before 3.4.6 has a denial of service flaw. A remote unauthenticated attacker can cause a login flow to trigger Java heap exhaustion due to the creation of objects in the Java Servlet container session.

SeverityHigh
CVSS7.5
Exploit probability—
ProductShibboleth Identity Provider
PublishedOct 28, 2020
First seenOct 28, 2020

How to fix

Update
  • shibboleth identity_provider3.4.6 or later

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
shibboleth identity_provider3.0.0 ≤ v < 3.4.63.4.6

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