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PYSEC-2018-48

Quick fix

PYSEC-2018-48 — pysaml2: upgrade to the fixed version with the command below.

pip install --upgrade 'pysaml2>=4.5.0'

Details

pysaml2 version 4.4.0 and older accept any password when run with python optimizations enabled. This allows attackers to log in as any user without knowing their password.

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Affected packages

PyPI/pysaml2

Introduced in: 0Fixed in: 4.5.0

Fixpip install --upgrade 'pysaml2>=4.5.0'

References

https://github.com/rohe/pysaml2/issues/451[REPORT]
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201801-11[ADVISORY]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2018/07/msg00000.html[WEB]
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2021/02/msg00038.html[WEB]
https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-924m-4pmx-c67h[ADVISORY]