CVE-2015-5217
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.0
Description
providers/saml2/admin.py in the Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly check permissions to update the SAML2 Service Provider (SP) owner, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a duplicate SP name.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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Package impact
| Ecosystem | Package | Vulnerable | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| PyPI | ipsilon | >=0.1.0,<1.2.0 | 1.2.0 |
References
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5217
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1255172
- https://fedorahosted.org/ipsilon/wiki/Releases/v1.0.1
- https://github.com/ipsilon-project/ipsilon
- https://github.com/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipsilon/PYSEC-2015-41.yaml
- https://pagure.io/ipsilon/826e6339441546f596320f3d73304ab5f7c10de6
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8
CWEs
CWE-264
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.