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CVE-2018-0486

N/A

Published: January 13, 2018 at 06:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 17, 2026 at 01:30 AM UTC

2 products affected across 2 vendorsDebian LinuxXmltooling C

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 2%

Description

Shibboleth XMLTooling-C before 1.6.3, as used in Shibboleth Service Provider before 2.6.0 on Windows and other products, mishandles digital signatures of user attribute data, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information or conduct impersonation attacks via a crafted DTD.

Affected

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

Debian Linux · Debiandrupal

95%

Xmltooling C · Shibboleth

95%

v < 1.6.3

Affected range stops below 1.6.3, so it looks safe — our inference, not a vendor statement

Remediation

No guide yet

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

Patch and advisory references

References (5)

VDB Entryx_refsource_SECTRACKThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040177

Mailing Listx_refsource_MLISTThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/01/msg00016.html

x_refsource_MISCMailing ListThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://lists.debian.org/debian-security-announce/2018/msg00007.html

x_refsource_MISCVendor Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20180112.txt

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_DEBIANThird Party Advisory

Source: [email protected]

https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4085

CVSS

6.4MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: NONE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-347

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