CVE-2018-6521: Security Misconfigurations

February 1, 2018 (updated October 2, 2019)

The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

References

simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03

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