DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12872

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    DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12872

    Published: 1 Sept 2017Last Modified: 1 Sept 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-12872

    Summary:

    Details: 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.

    References: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12872

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: simplesamlphp

    Purl: pkg:deb/debian/simplesamlphp?arch=source&distro=bookworm

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -1.14.15-1

    Affected versions

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High