Medium severity · published Jan 13, 2018
CVE-2018-0486
Shibboleth XMLTooling-C before 1.6.3, as used in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.0 on Windows and other products, mishandles digital signatures of user attribute data,…
6.5
CVSS
1.5%
EPSS
No
On KEV
Description
Shibboleth XMLTooling-C before 1.6.3, as used in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.0 on Windows and other products, mishandles digital signatures of user attribute data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or conduct impersonation attacks via a crafted DTD.
CVSS vector
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
Attack vector
Network
Complexity
Low
Privileges
None
User interaction
None
Confidentiality
Low
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Scope
Unchanged
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)1.5% · higher than 75% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
DL
Debian Linux · Debian
7.0; 8.0; 9.0 · source: NVD
XM
Xmltooling-c · Shibboleth
before 1.6.3 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-0486
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2018-0486
Third Party Advisory
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040177
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00016.html
Mailing List
https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00007.html
Vendor Advisory
https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20180112.txt
Third Party Advisory
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4085
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