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Debian DSA-2387-1 Critical: simpleSAMLphp Cross Site Scripting Issue

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Calendar Grey January 11, 2012
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Important Update for simpleSAMLphp XSS Vulnerability in Debian DSA-2390-2. Immediate upgrade advised.
timtai1 discovered that simpleSAMLphp, an authentication and federation platform, is vulnerable to a cross site scripting attack, allowing a remote attacker to access sensitive cli...
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Summary

The oldstable distribution (lenny) does not contain a simplesamlphp
package.

For the stable distribution (squeeze), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.6.3-3.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in
version 1.8.2-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your simplesamlphp packages.

Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply
these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be
found at: http://www.debian.org/security/



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