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It was discovered that the Shibboleth Service Provider is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the cookie-based session recovery feature. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash in the shibd daemon/service). . - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian Security Advisory DSA-4905-1 This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. https://www.debian.org/security/ Salvatore Bonaccorso April 27, 2021 https://www.debian.org/security/faq - ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Package : shibboleth-sp CVE ID : CVE-2021-31826 Debian Bug : 987608 It was discovered that the Shibboleth Service Provider is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw in the cookie-based session recovery feature. A remote, unauthenticated attacker can take advantage of this flaw to cause a denial of service (crash in the shibd daemon/service). For additional information please refer to the upstream advisory at https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20210426.txt For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u2. We recommend that you upgrade your shibboleth-sp packages. For the detailed security status of shibboleth-sp please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/shibboleth-sp Further information about Debian Security Advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://www.debian.org/security/ Mailing list: This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it. . Shibboleth Identity Provider exposed to service disruption due to NULL pointer vulnerability. Prompt patching advised.. Shibboleth Update, Debian Security, Service Provider Flaw, Denial Of Service, Session Recovery Issue. . Severity: Critical. LinuxSecurity.com Team
Apr 27, 2021
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