GHSA-qv5p-6wrc-79wgCriticalCVSS 9.8
SimpleSAMLphp Use of insecure connection charset (sqlauth module)
🔗 CVE IDs covered (1)
📋 Description
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.
🎯 Affected products1
- composer/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp:< 1.15.2
🔗 References (6)
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2018-6521
- https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/02/msg00008.html
- https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201801-03
- https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4127
- https://github.com/FriendsOfPHP/security-advisories/blob/master/simplesamlphp/simplesamlphp/CVE-2018-6521.yaml
- https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-qv5p-6wrc-79wg