UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852

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    UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852

    Published: 16 Nov 2017Last Modified: 22 Apr 2026
    Upstream:
    CVE-2017-16852

    Summary:

    Details: 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: https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16852, https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git;a=commit;h=b66cceb0e992c351ad5e2c665229ede82f261b16, https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt, https://bugs.debian.org/881857, https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-16852

    Affected packages

    Package

    Name: shibboleth-sp2

    Purl: pkg:deb/ubuntu/[email protected]+dfsg-2.1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

    Affected ranges

    Type: ECOSYSTEM

    Events:

    Introduced- 0
    Fixed -None

    Affected versions

    2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1

    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