CVE-2017-10873

Publication date 2 November 2017

Last updated 17 July 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

OpenAM (Open Source Edition) allows an attacker to bypass authentication and access unauthorized contents via unspecified vectors. Note that this vulnerability affects OpenAM (Open Source Edition) implementations configured as SAML 2.0IdP, and switches authentication methods based on AuthnContext requests sent from the service provider.

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Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
openam	18.10 cosmic	Not in release
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not in release
	17.10 artful	Ignored end of life
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Ignored
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

msalvatore

openam in ubuntu is a H.323 answering machine for VOIP based phones. This CVE is against a different software package that is not included with Ubuntu.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	8.1 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	High
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	High
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	High
Vector	CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H