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Debian Security Advisory DSA 4039-1 (opensaml2 - security update)
Information
Severity
Severity
Family
Family
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Base
CVSSv2 Vector
CVSSv2 Vector
Solution Type
Solution Type
Created
Created
Modified
Modified
Summary
Rod Widdowson of Steading System Software LLP discovered a coding error in the OpenSAML library, causing the DynamicMetadataProvider class to fail configuring itself with the filters provided and omitting whatever checks they are intended to perform.
Affected Software
Affected Software
opensaml2 on Debian Linux
Detection Method
Detection Method
This check tests the installed software version using the apt package manager.
Solution
Solution
For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 2.5.3-2+deb8u2. For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 2.6.0-4+deb9u1. We recommend that you upgrade your opensaml2 packages.