Denial of Service Vulnerability in Shibboleth Identity Provider by Shibboleth
CVE-2020-27978

7.5HIGH

Key Information:

Vendor

Shibboleth

Status
Identity Provider
Vendor
CVE Published:
28 October 2020

What is CVE-2020-27978?

The Shibboleth Identity Provider versions prior to 3.4.6 are susceptible to a denial of service flaw that enables an unauthenticated remote attacker to exploit the login flow. This exploit results in Java heap exhaustion, which occurs due to excessive object creation in the Java Servlet container session. This vulnerability poses a significant risk as it can lead to service disruption, affecting the availability of the authentication service.

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References

https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_201910...
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CVSS V3.1

Score:
7.5
Severity:
HIGH
Confidentiality:
None
Integrity:
None
Availability:
None
Attack Vector:
Network
Attack Complexity:
Low
Privileges Required:
None
User Interaction:
None
Scope:
Unchanged

Timeline

  • Vulnerability published

  • Vulnerability Reserved

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