CVE-2008-7299 Auth bypass in n/a

Medium 5.0 Published Updated

Remote attackers can spoof SAML assertions to bypass authentication in IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager, potentially leading to unauthorized access.

Exploited in the wild
Not known
Login needed
Not needed
Attackable
Over the internet
Victim action needed
Not needed
Fix
None listed

What is CVE-2008-7299?

CVE-2008-7299 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 12 Aug 2011. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

IBM Tivoli Federated Identity Manager (TFIM) 6.2.0 before 6.2.0.2 uses an incomplete SAML 1.x browser-artifact, which allows remote OpenID providers to spoof assertions via vectors related to the Issuer field.

Weakness: CWE-20

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7299?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Tivoli Federated Identity Manager.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7299?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7299 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2008-7299 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7299 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Sources

Also known as GHSA-x2wr-2x34-4hqr.

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