CVE-2015-6254 (GCVE-0-2015-6254)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2015-08-17 20:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 07:15
VLAI
EPSS
VEX
Summary
The (1) Service Provider (SP) and (2) Identity Provider (IdP) in PicketLink before 2.7.0 does not ensure that the Destination attribute in a Response element in a SAML assertion matches the location from which the message was received, which allows remote attackers to have unspecified impact via unknown vectors. NOTE: this identifier was SPLIT from CVE-2015-0277 per ADT2 due to different vulnerability types.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
References
6 references
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|---|---|
| https://issues.jboss.org/browse/PLINK-680 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0849.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0848.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0846.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1194832 | x_refsource_CONFIRM |
| http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0847.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_REDHAT |
Date Public
2015-04-16 00:00
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