Update to version 1.6.3
Shibboleth SP software vulnerable to forged user attribute data
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The Service Provider software relies on a generic XML parser to process
SAML responses and there are limitations in older versions of the parser
that make it impossible to fully disable Document Type Definition (DTD)
processing.
Through addition/manipulation of a DTD, it's possible to make changes
to an XML document that do not break a digital signature but are
mishandled by the SP and its libraries. These manipulations can alter
the user data passed through to applications behind the SP and result
in impersonation attacks and exposure of protected information.
While the use of XML Encryption can serve as a mitigation for this bug,
it may still be possible to construct attacks in such cases, and the SP
does not provide a means to enforce its use.
An updated version of XMLTooling-C (V1.6.3) is available that works
around this specific bug.
While newer versions of the parser are configured by the SP into
disallowing the use of a DTD via an environment variable, this feature
is not present in the parser used on some supported platforms (notably
Red Hat and CentOS 7), so an additional fix is being provided now that
an actual DTD exploit has been identified.
Security: CVE-2018-0486
Shibboleth SP software vulnerable to additional data forgery flaws
The XML processing performed by the Service Provider software has been
found to be vulnerable to new flaws similar in nature to the one
addressed in an advisory last month.
Security: 22438240-1bd0-11e8-a2ec-6cc21735f730
URL: https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20180227.txt
Approved by: ports-secteam
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