| Name | CVE-2016-9955 |
| 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. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, bugtraq, EDB, Metasploit, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, Mageia, GitHub code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1298-1 |
| NVD severity | medium |
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| simplesamlphp (PTS) | stretch (security), stretch | 1.14.11-1+deb9u2 | fixed |
| buster | 1.16.3-1+deb10u2 | fixed | |
| buster (security) | 1.16.3-1+deb10u1 | fixed | |
| bullseye, sid | 1.18.8-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| simplesamlphp | source | wheezy | 1.9.2-1+deb7u3 | DLA-1298-1 | ||
| simplesamlphp | source | (unstable) | 1.14.11-1 | low |
[jessie] - simplesamlphp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201612-02
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/a2326d75dd14accaac162dd2cb30aaefcc1f9205
https://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2016/12/14/7