7.5
HIGH CVSS 3.1
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 Exploit :

Yes !
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
CVSS Scores
The Common Vulnerability Scoring System is a standardized framework for assessing the severity of vulnerabilities in software and systems. We collect and displays CVSS scores from various sources for each CVE.
Score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Score Impact Score Source
CVSS 2.0 MEDIUM [email protected]
CVSS 3.1 HIGH [email protected]
Solution
This information is provided by the 3rd party feeds.
  • Upgrade the shibboleth-sp packages. For the stable distribution (buster), this problem has been fixed in version 3.0.4+dfsg1-1+deb10u2.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration

While CVE identifies specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2021-31826 is associated with the following CWEs:

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC) stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2021-31826 weaknesses.

We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).

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The following list is the news that have been mention CVE-2021-31826 vulnerability anywhere in the article.

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

Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.

  • 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.
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 7.5
Attack Vector
Attack Complexity
Privileges Required
User Interaction
Scope
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Base CVSS Score: 5
Access Vector
Access Complexity
Authentication
Confidentiality Impact
Integrity Impact
Availability Impact
Exploit Prediction

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

1.48 }} -2.38%

score

0.79192

percentile