USN-3520-1

Source
https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-3520-1
Import Source
https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/USN-3520-1.json
Related
Published
2018-01-08T16:19:37.807274Z
Modified
2018-01-08T16:19:37.807274Z
Details

It was discovered that PySAML2 incorrectly accepted any password when run with python optimizations enabled. An attacker could use this issue to authenticate as any user without a valid password.

References

Affected packages

Ubuntu:16.04:LTS / python-pysaml2

Package

Name
python-pysaml2

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0The exact introduced commit is unknown
Fixed
3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.3

Ecosystem specific

{
    "availability": "No subscription needed",
    "binaries": [
        {
            "python-pysaml2-doc": "3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.3",
            "python3-pysaml2": "3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.3",
            "python-pysaml2": "3.0.0-3ubuntu1.16.04.3"
        }
    ]
}