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Debian Security Advisory

DSA-4630-1 python-pysaml2 -- security update

Date Reported:

21 Feb 2020

Affected Packages:

python-pysaml2

Vulnerable:

Yes

Security database references:

In Mitre's CVE dictionary: CVE-2020-5390.

More information:

It was discovered that pysaml2, a Python implementation of SAML to be used in a WSGI environment, was susceptible to XML signature wrapping attacks, which could result in a bypass of signature verification.

For the oldstable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.0-5+deb9u1.

For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 5.4.1-2+deb10u1.

We recommend that you upgrade your python-pysaml2 packages.

For the detailed security status of python-pysaml2 please refer to its security tracker page at: https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/python-pysaml2