UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-16852
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852.json
JSON Data
https://api.osv.dev/v1/vulns/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852
Upstream
Published
2017-11-16T17:29:00Z
Modified
2025-10-24T04:46:36Z
Severity
  • 8.1 (High) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
  • Ubuntu - medium
Summary
[none]
Details

shibsp/metadata/DynamicMetadataProvider.cpp in the Dynamic MetadataProvider plugin in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.1 fails to properly configure itself with the MetadataFilter plugins and does not perform critical security checks such as signature verification, enforcement of validity periods, and other checks specific to deployments, aka SSPCPP-763.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / shibboleth-sp2

Package

Name
shibboleth-sp2
Purl
pkg:deb/ubuntu/shibboleth-sp2@2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1?arch=source&distro=xenial

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected

Affected versions

2.*
2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1

Ecosystem specific

{
    "binaries": [
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libapache2-mod-shib2"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libshibsp-dev"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libshibsp-plugins"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "libshibsp6"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "shibboleth-sp2-common"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "shibboleth-sp2-schemas"
        },
        {
            "binary_version": "2.5.3+dfsg-2.1build1",
            "binary_name": "shibboleth-sp2-utils"
        }
    ]
}

Database specific

source
"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-16852.json"