| Name | CVE-2017-12870 |
| Description | SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers. |
| Source | CVE (at NVD; CERT, LWN, oss-sec, fulldisc, Red Hat, Ubuntu, Gentoo, SUSE bugzilla/CVE, GitHub advisories/code/issues, web search, more) |
Vulnerable and fixed packages
The table below lists information on source packages.
| Source Package | Release | Version | Status |
|---|
| simplesamlphp (PTS) | jessie, jessie (lts) | 1.13.1-2+deb8u3 | vulnerable |
| stretch (security), stretch (lts), stretch | 1.14.11-1+deb9u2 | vulnerable |
| buster | 1.16.3-1+deb10u2 | fixed |
| buster (security), buster (lts) | 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.
| Package | Type | Release | Fixed Version | Urgency | Origin | Debian Bugs |
|---|
| simplesamlphp | source | (unstable) | 1.14.15-1 | | | |
Notes
[stretch] - simplesamlphp <no-dsa> (Minor issue mitigated by HTTPS usage, hard to backport)
[jessie] - simplesamlphp <ignored> (Minor issue mitigated by HTTPS usage, hard to backport)
[wheezy] - simplesamlphp <ignored> (Minor issue mitigated by HTTPS usage, hard to backport)
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201704-01