| Name | CVE-2017-12872 |
| Description | The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
| References | DLA-1205-1, DLA-1408-1 |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| simplesamlphp (PTS) | buster | 1.16.3-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security) | 1.16.3-1+deb10u1 | fixed |
| bullseye | 1.19.0-1 | fixed |
| sid, trixie, bookworm | 1.19.7-1 | fixed |
The information below is based on the following data on fixed versions.
Notes
[stretch] - simplesamlphp <no-dsa> (Minor issue)
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201703-01
Patches: https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/ab7761d4a523a4ed00479fb1ddba688e7ca72439
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/commit/caf764cc2c9b68ac29741070ebdf133a595443f1