CVE-2021-21239

Publication date 21 January 2021

Last updated 24 July 2024

Ubuntu priority

Medium

Why this priority?

Cvss 3 Severity Score

6.5 · Medium

Score breakdown

PySAML2 is a pure python implementation of SAML Version 2 Standard. PySAML2 before 6.5.0 has an improper verification of cryptographic signature vulnerability. Users of pysaml2 that use the default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend and need to verify signed SAML documents are impacted. PySAML2 does not ensure that a signed SAML document is correctly signed. The default CryptoBackendXmlSec1 backend is using the xmlsec1 binary to verify the signature of signed SAML documents, but by default xmlsec1 accepts any type of key found within the given document. xmlsec1 needs to be configured explicitly to only use only _x509 certificates_ for the verification process of the SAML document signature. This is fixed in PySAML2 6.5.0.

Status

Package Ubuntu Release Status
python-pysaml2 22.04 LTS jammy
Fixed 6.1.0-0ubuntu2
21.10 impish
Fixed 6.1.0-0ubuntu2
21.04 hirsute
Fixed 6.1.0-0ubuntu1.21.04.1
20.10 groovy Ignored end of life
20.04 LTS focal
Fixed 4.9.0-0ubuntu3.1
18.04 LTS bionic
Fixed 4.0.2-0ubuntu3.2
16.04 LTS xenial
14.04 LTS trusty Not in release

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Patch details

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Package Patch details
python-pysaml2

Severity score breakdown

Parameter Value
Base score 6.5 · Medium
Attack vector Network
Attack complexity Low
Privileges required None
User interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality None
Integrity impact High
Availability impact None
Vector CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N