CVE-2012-2351 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2012-2351?

CVE-2012-2351 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 12 Jul 2012. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

The default configuration of the auth/saml plugin in Mahara before 1.4.2 sets the "Match username attribute to Remote username" option to false, which allows remote SAML IdP servers to spoof users of other SAML IdP servers by using the same internal username.

Weakness: CWE-287, CWE-284, CWE-16

Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-2351?

It affects 2 products.

Products include Debian Debian Linux, Mahara Mahara.

How do I fix CVE-2012-2351?

Upgrade to a fixed version.

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

Is CVE-2012-2351 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-2351 in the wild and no public exploit code.

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Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
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Also known as DSA-2467-1, GHSA-89p4-jjm9-97vr.