CVE-2018-6521 (GCVE-0-2018-6521)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2018-02-02 01:00 – Updated: 2024-08-05 06:10
VLAI
Summary
The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.
Severity
9.8 (Critical)
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
mitre CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 28/100 over 2319 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03 x_refsource_CONFIRM
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018… mailing-listx_refsource_MLIST
https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127 vendor-advisoryx_refsource_DEBIAN
Date Public
2018-02-01 00:00
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