Executive Summary

Summary
Title PySAML2 vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-4245-1 First vendor Publication 2020-01-21
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2020-01-21
Severity (Vendor) N/A Revision N/A

Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3

Cvss vector : CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N
Overall CVSS Score 7.5
Base Score 7.5 Environmental Score 7.5
impact SubScore 3.6 Temporal Score 7.5
Exploitabality Sub Score 3.9
 
Attack Vector Network Attack Complexity Low
Privileges Required None User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High Availability Impact None
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2

Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Cvss Base Score 5 Attack Range Network
Cvss Impact Score 2.9 Attack Complexity Low
Cvss Expoit Score 10 Authentication None Required
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Detail

A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives:

- Ubuntu 19.10 - Ubuntu 19.04 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

Summary:

PySAML2 could be made to bypass signature verification with arbitrary data.

Software Description: - python-pysaml2: Pure python implementation of SAML2

Details:

It was discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly handled certain SAML files. An attacker could possibly use this issue to bypass signature verification with arbitrary data.

Update instructions:

The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 19.10:
python-pysaml2 4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.10.1
python3-pysaml2 4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.10.1

Ubuntu 19.04:
python-pysaml2 4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.04.1
python3-pysaml2 4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.04.1

Ubuntu 18.04 LTS:
python-pysaml2 4.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
python3-pysaml2 4.0.2-0ubuntu3.1

Ubuntu 16.04 LTS:
python-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.4
python3-pysaml2 3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.4

In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes.

References:
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4245-1
CVE-2020-5390

Package Information:
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pysaml2/4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.10.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pysaml2/4.5.0+dfsg1-0ubuntu2.19.04.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pysaml2/4.0.2-0ubuntu3.1
https://launchpad.net/ubuntu/+source/python-pysaml2/3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.4

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-4245-1

CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration

% Id Name
100 % CWE-347 Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 2
Os 4
Os 3

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Date Informations
2020-05-23 13:03:46
  • Multiple Updates
2020-01-21 21:19:18
  • First insertion