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CVE-2016-5697: XML signature wrapping attack

January 23, 2017 (updated January 25, 2017)

The package ruby-saml is vulnerable to an XML signature wrapping attack in the specific scenario where there was a signature that referenced two elements at the same time (but past the scheme validator process since 1 of the element was inside the encrypted assertion).

References

  • github.com/onelogin/ruby-saml/commit/a571f52171e6bfd87db59822d1d9e8c38fb3b995

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Affected versions

All versions before 1.3.0

Fixed versions

  • 1.3.0

Solution

Upgrade to version 1.3.0 or above.

Impact 7.5 HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

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Weakness

  • CWE-91: XML Injection (aka Blind XPath Injection)

Source file

gem/ruby-saml/CVE-2016-5697.yml

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