7.5
HIGH
CVE-2021-31826
Shibboleth Service Provider Null Pointer Dereference Vulnerability
Description

Shibboleth Service Provider 3.x before 3.2.2 is prone to a NULL pointer dereference flaw involving the session recovery feature. The flaw is exploitable (for a daemon crash) on systems not using this feature if a crafted cookie is supplied.

INFO

Published Date :

April 27, 2021, 4:15 a.m.

Last Modified :

Nov. 21, 2024, 6:06 a.m.

Remotely Exploitable :

Yes !

Impact Score :

3.6

Exploitability Score :

3.9
Affected Products

The following products are affected by CVE-2021-31826 vulnerability. Even if cvefeed.io is aware of the exact versions of the products that are affected, the information is not represented in the table below.

ID Vendor Product Action
1 Shibboleth service_provider
2 Shibboleth shibboleth-sp
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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The following table lists the changes that have been made to the CVE-2021-31826 vulnerability over time.

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  • CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

    Nov. 21, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://bugs.debian.org/987608
    Added Reference https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a47c3b9378f4c49392dd4d15189b70956f9f2ec
    Added Reference https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-927
    Added Reference https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20210426.txt
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4905
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    May. 14, 2024

    Action Type Old Value New Value
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Nov. 07, 2023

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference MITRE https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git%3Ba=commit%3Bh=5a47c3b9378f4c49392dd4d15189b70956f9f2ec [No types assigned]
    Removed Reference MITRE https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git;a=commit;h=5a47c3b9378f4c49392dd4d15189b70956f9f2ec
  • Initial Analysis by [email protected]

    May. 07, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added CVSS V2 NIST (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)
    Added CVSS V3.1 NIST AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
    Changed Reference Type https://bugs.debian.org/987608 No Types Assigned https://bugs.debian.org/987608 Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git;a=commit;h=5a47c3b9378f4c49392dd4d15189b70956f9f2ec No Types Assigned https://git.shibboleth.net/view/?p=cpp-sp.git;a=commit;h=5a47c3b9378f4c49392dd4d15189b70956f9f2ec Mailing List, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-927 No Types Assigned https://issues.shibboleth.net/jira/browse/SSPCPP-927 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20210426.txt No Types Assigned https://shibboleth.net/community/advisories/secadv_20210426.txt Vendor Advisory
    Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4905 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4905 Third Party Advisory
    Added CWE NIST CWE-476
    Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:shibboleth:service_provider:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions from (including) 3.0.0 up to (excluding) 3.2.2
  • CVE Modified by [email protected]

    Apr. 28, 2021

    Action Type Old Value New Value
    Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4905 [No Types Assigned]
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days. Following chart shows the EPSS score history of the vulnerability.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

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Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

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Exploit Prediction

EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.

0.24 }} -0.01%

score

0.61498

percentile

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