CVE-2018-6521

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Source
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6521
Import Source
https://storage.googleapis.com/osv-test-cve-osv-conversion/osv-output/CVE-2018-6521.json
JSON Data
https://api.test.osv.dev/v1/vulns/CVE-2018-6521
Aliases
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Published
2018-02-02T01:29:00Z
Modified
2025-02-14T10:33:44.996468Z
Severity
  • 9.8 (Critical) CVSS_V3 - CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H CVSS Calculator
Summary
[none]
Details

The sqlauth module in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.15.2 relies on the MySQL utf8 charset, which truncates queries upon encountering four-byte characters. There might be a scenario in which this allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions.

References

Affected packages

Debian:11 / simplesamlphp

Package

Name
simplesamlphp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/simplesamlphp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Debian:12 / simplesamlphp

Package

Name
simplesamlphp
Purl
pkg:deb/debian/simplesamlphp?arch=source

Affected ranges

Type
ECOSYSTEM
Events
Introduced
0Unknown introduced version / All previous versions are affected
Fixed
1.15.2-1

Ecosystem specific 

{
    "urgency": "not yet assigned"
}

Git / github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp

Affected ranges

Type
GIT
Repo
https://github.com/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp
Events
Introduced
0 Unknown introduced commit / All previous commits are affected
Fixed
d6d8df7297778317fbf07edc8d882ceb283715f0

Affected versions

v1.*

v1.12.0
v1.15.0
v1.15.0-rc1
v1.15.0-rc2
v1.15.0-rc3
v1.15.1