Vulnerability CVE-2018-6521


Published: 2018-02-01   Modified: 2018-02-02

Description:
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

Type:

CWE-noinfo

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

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
7.5/10
6.4/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
Partial
Partial
Affected software
Simplesamlphp -> Simplesamlphp 
Debian -> Debian linux 

 References:
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127

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