CVE-2015-5217: Ipsilon denial of service via a duplicate SP name

CVE-2015-5217 · Severity: info · Published 2015-11-17

providers/saml2/admin.py in the Identity Provider (IdP) server in Ipsilon 0.1.0 before 1.0.1 does not properly check permissions to update the SAML2 Service Provider (SP) owner, which allows remote authenticated users to cause a denial of service via a duplicate SP name.

Technologies: ipsilon (PyPI). Vendors: PyPI.

Quick answers

Is CVE-2015-5217 exploited in the wild?
No. Junglewise Threat Intelligence has no report of CVE-2015-5217 being exploited in the wild.
How severe is CVE-2015-5217?
Informational severity, published 17 November 2015.
Which products and versions are affected?
ipsilon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.1.0,fixed=1.2.0.
Is there a fix for CVE-2015-5217?
Yes. ipsilon (PyPI): upgrade to 1.2.0 or later. Junglewise finds every place you run it, drafts the upgrade and applies it once you approve.
Am I affected by CVE-2015-5217?
Check whether you run ipsilon (PyPI) at an affected version. Junglewise does that check for you around the clock: connect your code, cloud and domains, and it matches new vulnerabilities like this one against what you actually run and tells you when one reaches you.

How to fix

  • ipsilon (PyPI): upgrade to 1.2.0 or later
    pip install "ipsilon>=1.2.0"

Affected products

  • ipsilon (PyPI) ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0, ECOSYSTEM:introduced=0.1.0,fixed=1.2.0

Identifiers

  • CVE-2015-5217
  • GHSA-6875-ff47-r6p6
  • PYSEC-2015-41

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