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

Source: https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-5217-ipsilon-denial-of-service-via-a-duplicate-sp-name  
Publisher: Junglewise Threat Intelligence, https://junglewise.ai/threats  
Published: 2015-11-17  
License: CC BY 4.0 with a link back

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)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/technologies/ipsilon). Vendors: [PyPI](https://junglewise.ai/threats/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

  ```sh
  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

## Related threats

- [Session Fixation in ipsilon](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2016-8638-ipsilon-session-fixation-vulnerability)
- [Ipsilon denial of service by deleting a SAML2 Service Provider (SP)](https://junglewise.ai/threats/cve-2015-5301-ipsilon-denial-of-service-by-deleting-a-saml2-service-provider-sp)