Vulnerabilities > CVE-2017-18122 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in multiple products
Summary
A signature-validation bypass issue was discovered in SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.16. A SimpleSAMLphp Service Provider using SAML 1.1 will regard as valid any unsigned SAML response containing more than one signed assertion, provided that the signature of at least one of the assertions is valid. Attributes contained in all the assertions received will be merged and the entityID of the first assertion received will be used, allowing an attacker to impersonate any user of any IdP given an assertion signed by the targeted IdP.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Padding Oracle Crypto Attack An attacker is able to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key if a target system leaks data on whether or not a padding error happened while decrypting the ciphertext. A target system that leaks this type of information becomes the padding oracle and an attacker is able to make use of that oracle to efficiently decrypt data without knowing the decryption key by issuing on average 128*b calls to the padding oracle (where b is the number of bytes in the ciphertext block). In addition to performing decryption, an attacker is also able to produce valid ciphertexts (i.e., perform encryption) by using the padding oracle, all without knowing the encryption key. Any cryptosystem can be vulnerable to padding oracle attacks if the encrypted messages are not authenticated to ensure their validity prior to decryption, and then the information about padding error is leaked to the attacker. This attack technique may be used, for instance, to break CAPTCHA systems or decrypt/modify state information stored in client side objects (e.g., hidden fields or cookies). This attack technique is a side-channel attack on the cryptosystem that uses a data leak from an improperly implemented decryption routine to completely subvert the cryptosystem. The one bit of information that tells the attacker whether a padding error during decryption has occurred, in whatever form it comes, is sufficient for the attacker to break the cryptosystem. That bit of information can come in a form of an explicit error message about a padding error, a returned blank page, or even the server taking longer to respond (a timing attack). This attack can be launched cross domain where an attacker is able to use cross-domain information leaks to get the bits of information from the padding oracle from a target system / service with which the victim is communicating. To do so an attacker sends a request containing ciphertext to the target system. Due to the browser's same origin policy, the attacker is not able to see the response directly, but can use cross-domain information leak techniques to still get the information needed (i.e., information on whether or not a padding error has occurred). For instance, this can be done using "img" tag plus the onerror()/onload() events. The attacker's JavaScript can make web browsers to load an image on the target site, and know if the image is loaded or not. This is 1-bit information needed for the padding oracle attack to work: if the image is loaded, then it is valid padding, otherwise it is not.
Nessus
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DSA-4127.NASL description Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in SimpleSAMLphp, a framework for authentication, primarily via the SAML protocol. - CVE-2017-12867 Attackers with access to a secret token could extend its validity period by manipulating the prepended time offset. - CVE-2017-12869 When using the multiauth module, attackers can bypass authentication context restrictions and use any authentication source defined in the config. - CVE-2017-12873 Defensive measures have been taken to prevent the administrator from misconfiguring persistent NameIDs to avoid identifier clash. (Affects Debian 8 Jessie only.) - CVE-2017-12874 The InfoCard module could accept incorrectly signed XML messages in rare occasions. - CVE-2017-18121 The consentAdmin module was vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting attack, allowing an attacker to craft links that could execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 107119 published 2018-03-05 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/107119 title Debian DSA-4127-1 : simplesamlphp - security update code # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DSA-4127. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(107119); script_version("3.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2018/11/13 12:30:46"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-12867", "CVE-2017-12869", "CVE-2017-12873", "CVE-2017-12874", "CVE-2017-18121", "CVE-2017-18122", "CVE-2018-6519", "CVE-2018-6521", "CVE-2018-7644"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4127"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4127-1 : simplesamlphp - security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package"); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "Several vulnerabilities have been discovered in SimpleSAMLphp, a framework for authentication, primarily via the SAML protocol. - CVE-2017-12867 Attackers with access to a secret token could extend its validity period by manipulating the prepended time offset. - CVE-2017-12869 When using the multiauth module, attackers can bypass authentication context restrictions and use any authentication source defined in the config. - CVE-2017-12873 Defensive measures have been taken to prevent the administrator from misconfiguring persistent NameIDs to avoid identifier clash. (Affects Debian 8 Jessie only.) - CVE-2017-12874 The InfoCard module could accept incorrectly signed XML messages in rare occasions. - CVE-2017-18121 The consentAdmin module was vulnerable to a Cross-Site Scripting attack, allowing an attacker to craft links that could execute arbitrary JavaScript code in the victim's browser. - CVE-2017-18122 The (deprecated) SAML 1.1 implementation would regard as valid any unsigned SAML response containing more than one signed assertion, provided that the signature of at least one of the assertions was valid, allowing an attacker that could obtain a valid signed assertion from an IdP to impersonate users from that IdP. - CVE-2018-6519 Regular expression denial of service when parsing extraordinarily long timestamps. - CVE-2018-6521 Change sqlauth module MySQL charset from utf8 to utf8mb to prevent theoretical query truncation that could allow remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions - CVE-2018-7644 Critical signature validation vulnerability." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=889286" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12867" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12869" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12873" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-12874" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18121" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2017-18122" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6519" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-6521" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2018-7644" ); # https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/simplesamlphp script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"http://www.nessus.org/u?b2a51c10" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/simplesamlphp" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/stretch/simplesamlphp" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the simplesamlphp packages. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), these problems have been fixed in version 1.13.1-2+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), these problems have been fixed in version 1.14.11-1+deb9u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:simplesamlphp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/03/02"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/03/05"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"8.0", prefix:"simplesamlphp", reference:"1.13.1-2+deb8u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"simplesamlphp", reference:"1.14.11-1+deb9u1")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1273.NASL description simplesamlphp, an authentication and federation application has been found vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), signature validation byepass and using insecure connection charset. CVE-2017-18121 A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue has been found in the consentAdmin module of SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.15, allowing an attacker to manually craft links that a victim can open, executing arbitrary JavaScript code. CVE-2017-18122 A signature-validation bypass issue was discovered in SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.16. Service Provider using SAML 1.1 will regard as valid any unsigned SAML response containing more than one signed assertion, provided that the signature of at least one of the assertions is valid. Attributes contained in all the assertions received will be merged and the entityID of the first assertion received will be used, allowing an attacker to impersonate any user of any IdP given an assertion signed by the targeted IdP. CVE-2018-6521 The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. For Debian 7 last seen 2020-03-17 modified 2018-02-09 plugin id 106697 published 2018-02-09 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/106697 title Debian DLA-1273-1 : simplesamlphp security update code #%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80502 # # (C) Tenable Network Security, Inc. # # The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were # extracted from Debian Security Advisory DLA-1273-1. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(106697); script_version("3.6"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2020/03/12"); script_cve_id("CVE-2017-18121", "CVE-2017-18122", "CVE-2018-6521"); script_name(english:"Debian DLA-1273-1 : simplesamlphp security update"); script_summary(english:"Checks dpkg output for the updated package."); script_set_attribute( attribute:"synopsis", value:"The remote Debian host is missing a security update." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"description", value: "simplesamlphp, an authentication and federation application has been found vulnerable to Cross Site Scripting (XSS), signature validation byepass and using insecure connection charset. CVE-2017-18121 A Cross Site Scripting (XSS) issue has been found in the consentAdmin module of SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.15, allowing an attacker to manually craft links that a victim can open, executing arbitrary JavaScript code. CVE-2017-18122 A signature-validation bypass issue was discovered in SimpleSAMLphp through 1.14.16. Service Provider using SAML 1.1 will regard as valid any unsigned SAML response containing more than one signed assertion, provided that the signature of at least one of the assertions is valid. Attributes contained in all the assertions received will be merged and the entityID of the first assertion received will be used, allowing an attacker to impersonate any user of any IdP given an assertion signed by the targeted IdP. CVE-2018-6521 The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions. For Debian 7 'Wheezy', these problems have been fixed in version 1.9.2-1+deb7u2. We recommend that you upgrade your simplesamlphp packages. NOTE: Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the DLA security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/wheezy/simplesamlphp" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value:"Upgrade the affected simplesamlphp package." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"); script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C"); script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H"); script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:simplesamlphp"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:7.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2018/02/08"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2018/02/09"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2018-2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof."); script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks"); script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl"); script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l"); exit(0); } include("audit.inc"); include("debian_package.inc"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/release")) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, "Debian"); if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING); flag = 0; if (deb_check(release:"7.0", prefix:"simplesamlphp", reference:"1.9.2-1+deb7u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_hole(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_hole(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
References
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201710-01
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201710-01
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127