DSA-4038-1 shibboleth-sp2 -- security update

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2017-16852  

Rod Widdowson of Steading System Software LLP discovered a coding error in the Dynamic metadata plugin of the Shibboleth Service Provider, causing the plugin to fail configuring itself with the filters provided and omitting whatever checks they are intended to perform. See https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt for details. For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3+dfsg-2+deb8u1. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your shibboleth-sp2 packages.

Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4038-1 shibboleth-sp2 -- security update

Date Reported:
16 Nov 2017
Affected Packages:
shibboleth-sp2
Vulnerable:
Yes
Security database references:
In the Debian bugtracking system: Bug 881857.
In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2017-16852.
More information:

Rod Widdowson of Steading System Software LLP discovered a coding error in the Dynamic metadata plugin of the Shibboleth Service Provider, causing the plugin to fail configuring itself with the filters provided and omitting whatever checks they are intended to perform.

See https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20171115.txt for details.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3+dfsg-2+deb8u1.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0+dfsg1-4+deb9u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your shibboleth-sp2 packages.