CVE-2017-16852

HIGH

Shibboleth Service Provider <2.6.1 - Info Disclosure

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

shibsp/metadata/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in the Dynamic MetadataProvider plugin in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does not perform critical security checks such as signature verification, enforcement of validity periods, and other checks specific to deployments, aka SSPCPP-763.

References (5)

Core 5
Core References
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugs.debian.org/881857
Issue Tracking, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt
Mailing List mailing-list x_refsource_mlist
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/11/msg00025.html
Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_debian
https://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4038

Scores

CVSS v3 8.1
EPSS 0.0111
EPSS Percentile 61.5%
Attack Vector NETWORK
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Details

CWE
CWE-347
Status published
Products (3)
debian/debian_linux 8.0
debian/debian_linux 9.0
shibboleth/service_provider < 2.6.1
Published Nov 16, 2017
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026