CVE-2017-12874

Publication date 1 September 2017

Last updated 26 August 2025

Ubuntu priority

Cvss 3 Severity Score

Description

The InfoCard module 1.0 for SimpleSAMLphp allows attackers to spoof XML messages by leveraging an incorrect check of return values in signature validation utilities.

Read the notes from the security team

Status

Show unmaintained releases

Package	Ubuntu Release	Status
simplesamlphp	25.10 questing	Not affected
	25.04 plucky	Not affected
	24.10 oracular	Not affected
	24.04 LTS noble	Not affected
	23.10 mantic	Not affected
	23.04 lunar	Not affected
	22.10 kinetic	Not affected
	22.04 LTS jammy	Not affected
	21.10 impish	Not affected
	21.04 hirsute	Not affected
	20.10 groovy	Not affected
	20.04 LTS focal	Not affected
	19.10 eoan	Not affected
	19.04 disco	Not affected
	18.10 cosmic	Not affected
	18.04 LTS bionic	Not affected
	17.10 artful	Not affected
	17.04 zesty	Ignored end of life
	16.04 LTS xenial	Vulnerable
	14.04 LTS trusty	Not in release

Notes

sbeattie

according to debian, issue lies in simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp-module-infocard and fixed in module version 1.0.1. The module is embedded in simplesamlphp.

Severity score breakdown

Parameter	Value
Base score	7.5 · High
Attack vector	Network
Attack complexity	Low
Privileges required	None
User interaction	None
Scope	Unchanged
Confidentiality	None
Integrity impact	High
Availability impact	None
Vector	CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N