Upstream information

CVE-2016-9955 at MITRE

Description

The SimpleSAML_XML_Validator class constructor in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.11 might allow remote attackers to spoof signatures on SAML 1 responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Does not affect SUSE products

This issue is currently rated as having moderate severity.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4
Vector AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
CVSS v3 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 6.3
Vector CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:H
Attack Vector Local
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact High
Availability Impact High
CVSSv3 Version 3
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 1015826 [RESOLVED / INVALID]

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SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Thu Dec 15 19:35:35 2016
CVE page last modified: Mon Oct 6 18:26:54 2025