{"answers":{"affected":"2 open source packages ship an affected version, including simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp. It affects 2 products.","exploited":"There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12872 in the wild and no public exploit code.","fix":"Upgrade simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp to 1.15.0-rc1 or later.","what":"CVE-2017-12872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim."},"fix_prompt":"Check this codebase for CVE-2017-12872 and fix it if it is affected.\n\nWhat it is: CVE-2017-12872 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Debian Debian Linux, published on 1 Sep 2017. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.\nExploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-12872 in the wild and no public exploit code.\n\nAffected packages and fixed versions:\n- simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.15.0-rc1\n- simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp (Packagist): affected all versions; fixed in 1.15.0-rc1\n\nTask:\n1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.\n2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.\n3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.\n4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.\n5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.\n\nReference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12872/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12872/index.md)","id":"CVE-2017-12872","markdown":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12872/index.md","name":"CVE-2017-12872","record":{"aliases":["DEBIAN-CVE-2017-12872","GHSA-v882-949x-6v28","UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12872"],"analysis":{"component_type":"library","fix_type":"upgrade","impacts":["data_read"],"network_reachable":"yes","non_default_config":false,"product_category":"SimpleSAMLphp authentication library","requires_auth":"none","summary":"Remote attackers can exploit timing side-channels in authentication to potentially recover secret material due to insecure string comparisons.","user_interaction":"not_required","vuln_class":"information_disclosure"},"analysis_generated_by":"qwen3.8-flash-next","assigner":"mitre","cpe":[{"product":"debian_linux","vendor":"debian"},{"product":"simplesamlphp","vendor":"simplesamlphp"}],"cvss":{"score":5.9,"severity":"medium","source":"nvd","vector":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N","version":"3.0"},"cwes":[{"id":"CWE-200","name":"Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor"}],"description":"The (1) Htpasswd authentication source in the authcrypt module and (2) SimpleSAML_Session class in SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.11 and earlier allow remote attackers to conduct timing side-channel attacks by leveraging use of the standard comparison operator to compare secret material against user input.","ecosystems":["Packagist"],"exploits":{"exploitdb":0,"first_seen":null,"github_poc":0,"max_poc_stars":null,"metasploit":0,"nuclei":0,"refs":[],"tier":"none_known"},"has_fix":true,"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp allows timing side-channel attacks","id":"CVE-2017-12872","indexable":true,"kev":null,"kind":"cve","links":{"ecosystem":"Packagist","product":"debian:debian_linux","products":["debian:debian_linux"],"type":"information_disclosure","year":"2017"},"n_packages":2,"n_references":3,"next":{"headline":"Incorrect persistent NameID generation in SimpleSAMLphp","id":"CVE-2017-12873"},"packages":[{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.15.0-rc1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","purl":null,"source":"GHSA-v882-949x-6v28"},{"ecosystem":"Packagist","fixed":["1.15.0-rc1"],"introduced":["0"],"last_affected":[],"package":"simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","purl":"pkg:composer/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp","source":"GHSA-v882-949x-6v28"}],"prev":{"headline":"SimpleSAMLphp Incorrect IV generation for encryption","id":"CVE-2017-12871"},"products":["n/a"],"published":"2017-09-01","related":[{"cvss_score":10,"headline":"ProFTPD Improper Access Control","id":"CVE-2015-3306","kev_date_added":"2026-10-08","published":"2015-05-18"},{"cvss_score":9.9,"headline":"RoundCube Webmail Deserialization of Untrusted Data","id":"CVE-2025-49113","kev_date_added":"2026-02-20","published":"2025-06-02"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"GNU InetUtils Argument Injection","id":"CVE-2026-24061","kev_date_added":"2026-01-26","published":"2026-01-21"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Linux Kernel Improper Check for Unusual or Exceptional Conditions","id":"CVE-2025-39682","kev_date_added":"2026-09-18","published":"2025-09-05"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Mozilla Firefox Use-After-Free","id":"CVE-2024-9680","kev_date_added":"2024-10-15","published":"2024-10-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"RARLAB UnRAR Directory Traversal","id":"CVE-2022-30333","kev_date_added":"2022-08-09","published":"2022-05-09"},{"cvss_score":9.8,"headline":"Roundcube Webmail SQL Injection","id":"CVE-2021-44026","kev_date_added":"2023-06-22","published":"2021-11-19"}],"sources":[{"class":"attribution","licence":"CVE Terms of Use (MITRE)","name":"CVE List","prefix":"CVE"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CC BY 4.0","name":"GitHub Advisory Database","prefix":"GHSA"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"US public information, NVD API terms","name":"NVD"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"CWE Terms of Use","name":"CWE (MITRE)"},{"class":"attribution","licence":"FIRST CVSS licence","name":"CVSS (FIRST)"}],"ssvc":{"automatable":null,"exploitation":null,"technical_impact":null},"state":"PUBLISHED","updated":"2024-08-05","vendors":["n/a"]},"summary":"Remote attackers can exploit timing side-channels in authentication to potentially recover secret material due to insecure string comparisons.","url":"https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2017-12872/"}