GHSA-J5G2-Q29X-CW3H

Vulnerability from github – Published: 2024-12-02 20:00 – Updated: 2024-12-04 16:13
Withdrawn 2024-12-04 VLAI
Summary
SimpleSAMLphp vulnerable to XXE in parsing SAML messages
Details

Withdrawn Advisory

This advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability affects users of the SimpleSAMLphp tarball, not the SimpleSAMLphp Composer package. The underlying information about CVE-2024-52596 is still valid.

Original Description

Summary

When loading an (untrusted) XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it's possible to induce an XXE.

Mitigation:

Remove the LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR options from $options is in: https://github.com/simplesamlphp/saml2/blob/717c0adc4877ebd58428637e5626345e59fa0109/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php#L41

Background / details

To be published on Dec 8th

Severity
8.3 (High)
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L
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        "name": "simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp"
      },
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  "aliases": [],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-611"
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    "github_reviewed": true,
    "github_reviewed_at": "2024-12-02T20:00:29Z",
    "nvd_published_at": null,
    "severity": "HIGH"
  },
  "details": "## Withdrawn Advisory\nThis advisory has been withdrawn because the vulnerability affects users of the SimpleSAMLphp tarball, not the SimpleSAMLphp Composer package. The underlying information about CVE-2024-52596 is still valid.\n\n## Original Description\n\n# Summary\nWhen loading an (untrusted) XML document, for example the SAMLResponse, it\u0027s possible to induce an XXE.\n\n## Mitigation:\n\nRemove the `LIBXML_DTDLOAD | LIBXML_DTDATTR` options from `$options` is in: https://github.com/simplesamlphp/saml2/blob/717c0adc4877ebd58428637e5626345e59fa0109/src/SAML2/DOMDocumentFactory.php#L41\n\n## Background / details\n\nTo be published on Dec 8th",
  "id": "GHSA-j5g2-q29x-cw3h",
  "modified": "2024-12-04T16:13:50Z",
  "published": "2024-12-02T20:00:29Z",
  "references": [
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      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/security/advisories/GHSA-j5g2-q29x-cw3h"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/simplesamlphp/xml-common/security/advisories/GHSA-2x65-fpch-2fcm"
    },
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2024-52596"
    },
    {
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      "score": "CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:C/C:L/I:L/A:L",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ],
  "summary": "SimpleSAMLphp vulnerable to XXE in parsing SAML messages",
  "withdrawn": "2024-12-04T16:13:50Z"
}



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