CVE-2017-1000246
Aliases:GHSA-cq94-qf6q-mf2hPYSEC-2017-26
Advisory lineage Upstream: 0 Downstream: 4
Modified
Published: 17 Nov 2017, 04:00
Last modified:17 Sept 2024, 04:04
Vulnerability Summary
Overall Risk (default)
low
21/100 CVSS Score
5.3 MEDIUM
v3.0 (nvd)
EPSS Score
0.12% LOW
0% probability 0.00%
KEV
Not listed
Ransomware
No reports
Public exploits
None found
Dark Web
Not detected
Timeline
17 Nov 2017, 04:00
Published
Vulnerability first disclosed
17 Sept 2024, 04:04
Last Modified
Vulnerability information updated
Description
Python package pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and earlier reuses the initialization vector across encryptions in the IDP server, resulting in weak encryption of data.
CVSS Metrics
- v4.0•MEDIUM•Score: 6.3CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:H/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N
- v3.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5.3CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
- v2.0•MEDIUM•Score: 5AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
EPSS Trends
Current EPSS score: 0.12%• Percentile: 31%
Techniques & Countermeasures
- CWE-330•Use of Insufficiently Random Values
The product uses insufficiently random numbers or values in a security context that depends on unpredictable numbers.
Affected Systems
- PyPI•pysaml2
< 4.6.0
- pysaml2_project•pysaml2
< 4.6.0
References (6)
- https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/417
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-1000246
- https://github.com/IdentityPython/pysaml2/pull/519/commits/7323f5c20efb59424d853c822e7a26d1aa3e84aa
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/pysaml2/PYSEC-2017-26.yaml
- https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cq94-qf6q-mf2h