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CVE-2018-6521

Published: Feb 02, 2018 | Modified: Oct 03, 2019
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu
LOW
Additional information
NVDhttps://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6521
CWEhttps://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/.html

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.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Simplesamlphp Simplesamlphp * 1.15.2 (excluding)
Simplesamlphp Ubuntu artful *
Simplesamlphp Ubuntu esm-apps/xenial *
Simplesamlphp Ubuntu trusty *
Simplesamlphp Ubuntu upstream *
Simplesamlphp Ubuntu xenial *

References

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