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Ruby-saml allows attackers to perform XML signature wrapping attacks

High severity GitHub Reviewed Published Aug 21, 2018 to the GitHub Advisory Database • Updated Aug 28, 2023

Package

bundler ruby-saml (RubyGems)

Affected versions

< 1.3.0

Patched versions

1.3.0

Description

ruby-saml prior to version 1.3.0 is vulnerable to an XML signature wrapping attack in the specific scenario where there was a signature that referenced at the same time 2 elements (but past the scheme validator process since 1 of the element was inside the encrypted assertion).
ruby-saml users must update to 1.3.0, which implements 3 extra validations to mitigate this kind of attack.

References

Published to the GitHub Advisory Database Aug 21, 2018
Reviewed Jun 16, 2020
Last updated Aug 28, 2023

Severity

High

CVSS overall score

This score calculates overall vulnerability severity from 0 to 10 and is based on the Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS).
/ 10

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector
Network
Attack complexity
Low
Privileges required
None
User interaction
None
Scope
Unchanged
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
High
Availability
None

CVSS v3 base metrics

Attack vector: More severe the more the remote (logically and physically) an attacker can be in order to exploit the vulnerability.
Attack complexity: More severe for the least complex attacks.
Privileges required: More severe if no privileges are required.
User interaction: More severe when no user interaction is required.
Scope: More severe when a scope change occurs, e.g. one vulnerable component impacts resources in components beyond its security scope.
Confidentiality: More severe when loss of data confidentiality is highest, measuring the level of data access available to an unauthorized user.
Integrity: More severe when loss of data integrity is the highest, measuring the consequence of data modification possible by an unauthorized user.
Availability: More severe when the loss of impacted component availability is highest.
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

EPSS score

0.085%
(38th percentile)

Weaknesses

CVE ID

CVE-2016-5697

GHSA ID

GHSA-36p7-xjw8-h6f2

Source code

No known source code
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