Vulnerability CVE-2017-1000433
Published: 2018-01-02   Modified: 2018-01-03

Description:
pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

Type:

CWE-287

 (Improper Authentication)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
6.8/10
6.4/10
8.6/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Medium
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Pysaml2 project -> Pysaml2 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11
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