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:
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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