Shibboleth Service Provider: Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated

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             AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                               ESB-2018.3938
               Shibboleth Service Provider Security Advisory
                             20 December 2018

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        AusCERT Security Bulletin Summary
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Product:           Shibboleth Service Provider
Publisher:         Shibboleth
Operating System:  Linux variants
                   Windows
                   OS X
Impact/Access:     Denial of Service -- Remote/Unauthenticated
Resolution:        Patch/Upgrade

Original Bulletin: 
   https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20181219a.txt

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Shibboleth Service Provider Security Advisory [19 December 2018]

An updated version of the Shibboleth Service Provider software
is now available which corrects a denial of service vulnerability.

Shibboleth SP software crashes on malformed date/time content
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SAML messages, assertions, and metadata all commonly contain
date/time information in a standard XML format.

Invalid formatted data in such fields cause an exception of a type
that was not handled properly in the V3 software and causes a crash
(usually to the shibd daemon process, but possibly to Apache in rare
cases). Note that the crash occurs prior to evaluation of a message's
authenticity, so can be exploited by an untrusted attacker.

The problem is believed to be specific to the V3 software and
would not cause a crash in the older, now unsupported, V2 software.

All SP versions between 3.0.0 and 3.0.2 are affected.

Recommendations
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Update to V3.0.3 or later of the Service Provider software, which is
now available.

Credits
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Paolo Smiraglia, Antonio Giovanni Schiavone, Michele D'Amico,
and Umberto Rosini, of Agenzia per l'Italia Digitale (AgID)

URL for this Security Advisory:
https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20181219a.txt

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