Vulnerabilities > CVE-2019-3465 - Improper Verification of Cryptographic Signature vulnerability in multiple products
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
LOW Confidentiality impact
HIGH Integrity impact
HIGH Availability impact
HIGH Summary
Rob Richards XmlSecLibs, all versions prior to v3.0.3, as used for example by SimpleSAMLphp, performed incorrect validation of cryptographic signatures in XML messages, allowing an authenticated attacker to impersonate others or elevate privileges by creating a crafted XML message.
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-4560.NASL description It was discovered that in SimpleSAMLphp, an implementation of the SAML 2.0 protocol, it was possible to circumvent XML signature verification on SAML messages. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130612 published 2019-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130612 title Debian DSA-4560-1 : 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-4560. The text # itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc. # include("compat.inc"); if (description) { script_id(130612); script_version("1.3"); script_cvs_date("Date: 2019/12/17"); script_cve_id("CVE-2019-3465"); script_xref(name:"DSA", value:"4560"); script_name(english:"Debian DSA-4560-1 : 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: "It was discovered that in SimpleSAMLphp, an implementation of the SAML 2.0 protocol, it was possible to circumvent XML signature verification on SAML messages." ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=944107" ); # 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/stretch/simplesamlphp" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/simplesamlphp" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"see_also", value:"https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4560" ); script_set_attribute( attribute:"solution", value: "Upgrade the simplesamlphp packages. For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 1.14.11-1+deb9u2. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 1.16.3-1+deb10u1." ); script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/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:L/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:"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:10.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:9.0"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2019/11/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2019/11/06"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2019/11/07"); script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current"); script_end_attributes(); script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO); script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2019 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:"10.0", prefix:"simplesamlphp", reference:"1.16.3-1+deb10u1")) flag++; if (deb_check(release:"9.0", prefix:"simplesamlphp", reference:"1.14.11-1+deb9u2")) flag++; if (flag) { if (report_verbosity > 0) security_warning(port:0, extra:deb_report_get()); else security_warning(0); exit(0); } else audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, "affected");
NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-BE01267416.NASL description ## 3.0.4 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131045 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131045 title Fedora 29 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs3 (2019-be01267416) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-46D0F456A9.NASL description ## 1.4.3 (12, Nov 2019) ### Security Improvements : - Insure only a single SignedInfo element exists within a signature during verification. Refs [CVE-2019-3465](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-201 9-3465). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-04-16 modified 2020-04-14 plugin id 135421 published 2020-04-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135421 title Fedora 31 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs1 (2020-46d0f456a9) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2020-1B95D7A131.NASL description ## 1.4.3 (12, Nov 2019) ### Security Improvements : - Insure only a single SignedInfo element exists within a signature during verification. Refs [CVE-2019-3465](https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-201 9-3465). Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-04-16 modified 2020-04-14 plugin id 135419 published 2020-04-14 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2020 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/135419 title Fedora 30 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs1 (2020-1b95d7a131) NASL family Debian Local Security Checks NASL id DEBIAN_DLA-1983.NASL description It was discovered that in SimpleSAMLphp, an implementation of the SAML 2.0 protocol, it was possible to circumvent XML signature verification on SAML messages. For Debian 8 last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 130611 published 2019-11-07 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/130611 title Debian DLA-1983-1 : simplesamlphp security update NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-81F61CDCEB.NASL description ## 2.1.1 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 ## 2.1.0 Backports changes from 3.0 branch Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131042 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131042 title Fedora 29 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs (2019-81f61cdceb) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-9A960C8A98.NASL description ## 3.0.4 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131044 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131044 title Fedora 31 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs3 (2019-9a960c8a98) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-EC8719A21C.NASL description ## 3.0.4 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131047 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131047 title Fedora 30 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs3 (2019-ec8719a21c) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-DC90BF093B.NASL description ## 2.1.1 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 ## 2.1.0 Backports changes from 3.0 branch Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131046 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131046 title Fedora 30 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs (2019-dc90bf093b) NASL family Fedora Local Security Checks NASL id FEDORA_2019-73D0FE1D15.NASL description ## 2.1.1 CVE-2019-3465 / https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01 ## 2.1.0 Backports changes from 3.0 branch Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues. last seen 2020-06-01 modified 2020-06-02 plugin id 131041 published 2019-11-15 reporter This script is Copyright (C) 2019 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof. source https://www.tenable.com/plugins/nessus/131041 title Fedora 31 : php-robrichards-xmlseclibs (2019-73d0fe1d15)
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2019/dsa-4560
- https://github.com/robrichards/xmlseclibs/commit/0a53d3c3aa87564910cae4ed01416441d3ae0db5
- https://seclists.org/bugtraq/2019/Nov/8
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2019/11/msg00003.html
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201911-01
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2019-09
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/AB34ILMJ67CUROBOR6YPKB46VHXLOAJ4/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/MAWOVYLZKYDCQBLQEJCFAAD3KQTBPHXE/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/ESKJTWLE7QZBQ3EKMYXKMBQG3JDEJWM6/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/7KID7C4AZPYYIZQIPSLANP4R2RQR6YK3/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/XBSSRV5Q7JFCYO46A3EN624UZ4KXFQ2M/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/HBE2SJSXG7J4XYLJ2H6HC2VPPOG2OMUN/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BNFMY5RRLU63P25HEBVDO5KAVI7TX7JV/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/BBKVDUZ7G5ZOUO4BFJWLNJ6VOKBQJX5U/
- https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce%40lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OCSR3V6LNWJAD37VQB6M2K7P4RQSCVFG/