VDB-235103 · CVE-2023-37471 · GHSA-4mh8-9wq6-rjxg

OpenIdentity OpenAM prior 14.7.3 SAML improper authentication

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in OpenIdentity OpenAM. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component SAML Handler. The manipulation leads to improper authentication. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2023-37471. The attack may be initiated remotely. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in OpenIdentity OpenAM and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component SAML Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a improper authentication vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-287. When an actor claims to have a given identity, the product does not prove or insufficiently proves that the claim is correct. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Open Access Management (OpenAM) is an access management solution that includes Authentication, SSO, Authorization, Federation, Entitlements and Web Services Security. OpenAM up to version 14.7.2 does not properly validate the signature of SAML responses received as part of the SAMLv1.x Single Sign-On process. Attackers can use this fact to impersonate any OpenAM user, including the administrator, by sending a specially crafted SAML response to the SAMLPOSTProfileServlet servlet. This problem has been patched in OpenAM 14.7.3-SNAPSHOT and later. User unable to upgrade should comment servlet `SAMLPOSTProfileServlet` from their pom file. See the linked GHSA for details.

The weakness was presented 07/20/2023 as GHSA-4mh8-9wq6-rjxg. It is possible to read the advisory at github.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2023-37471 since 07/06/2023. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not publicly available.

Upgrading to version 14.7.3 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying the patch 7c18543d126e8a567b83bb4535631825aaa9d742 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at github.com. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version.

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Productinfo

Vendor

OpenIdentity

Name

OpenAM

License

open-source

CPE 2.3info

CPE 2.2info

CVSSv4info

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CVSSv3info

VulDB Meta Base Score: 8.2
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 8.0

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Temp Score: 7.0
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CNA Base Score: 9.1
CNA Vector (GitHub, Inc.): 🔍

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Exploitinginfo

Class: Improper authentication
CWE: CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

Availability: 🔍
Status: Not defined

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Threat Intelligenceinfo

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Upgrade
Status: 🔍

0-Day Time: 🔍

Upgrade: OpenAM 14.7.3
Patch: 7c18543d126e8a567b83bb4535631825aaa9d742

Timelineinfo

07/06/2023 🔍
07/20/2023 +14 days 🔍
07/20/2023 +0 days 🔍
07/20/2023 +0 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Advisory: GHSA-4mh8-9wq6-rjxg
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2023-37471 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2023-37471
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-235103

Entryinfo

Created: 07/20/2023 22:51
Changes: 07/20/2023 22:51 (52)
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Cache ID: 216::103