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CVE-2017-12872

N/A
Published: September 1, 2017 at 09:00 PM UTC
Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:04 AM UTC
2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxSimplesamlphp

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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 1%

Description

The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

References (3)

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2017/12/msg00007.html
Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/06/msg00017.html
x_refsource_CONFIRMPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201703-01

CVSS

4.3MEDIUM[email protected]
Confidentiality
PARTIAL
Integrity
NONE
Availability
NONE
Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED
CWE
CWE-200

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