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AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
ESB-2011.0531
Shibboleth Identity Provider Security Advisory
19 May 2011
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AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product: Shibboleth Identity Provider
Operating System: Windows
Linux variants
Impact/Access: Cross-site Scripting -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution: Patch/Upgrade
Original Bulletin:
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20110516.txt
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Shibboleth Identity Provider Security Advisory [16 May 2011]
An updated version of the Shibboleth Identity Provider software
is now available to correct a security issue.
Velocity templates vulnerable to XSS (cross-site scripting) injection
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The Shibboleth Identity Provider relies on OpenSAML's support for
encoding SAML messages for browsers, and OpenSAML in turn relies on
Velocity macro templates for this purpose. The templates generate HTML
output that is derived from information supplied from outside the IdP
and this information is not adequately sanitized.
A specially crafted request could be used to inject JavaScript
into these templates. While no specific attack was identified,
the potential for such attacks was verified.
Affected Versions
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All versions of the Shibboleth 2.x IdP prior to V2.3 are affected
by this issue.
Recommendations
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Upgrade to the V2.3 release of the Shibboleth IdP software.
Credits
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Scott Cantor, The Ohio State University
URL for this Security Advisory:
http://shibboleth.internet2.edu/secadv/secadv_20110516.txt
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Chad La Joie
http://itumi.biz
trusted identities, delivered
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