{"id":"UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12870","details":"SimpleSAMLphp 1.14.12 and earlier make it easier for man-in-the-middle attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging use of the aesEncrypt and aesDecrypt methods in the SimpleSAML/Utils/Crypto class to protect session identifiers in replies to non-HTTPS service providers.","modified":"2025-10-24T04:46:27Z","published":"2017-09-01T13:29:00Z","upstream":["CVE-2017-12870"],"references":[{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://ubuntu.com/security/CVE-2017-12870"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://simplesamlphp.org/security/201704-01"},{"type":"REPORT","url":"https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2017-12870"}],"affected":[{"package":{"name":"simplesamlphp","ecosystem":"Ubuntu:16.04:LTS","purl":"pkg:deb/ubuntu/simplesamlphp@1.14.0-1ubuntu2?arch=source&distro=xenial"},"ranges":[{"type":"ECOSYSTEM","events":[{"introduced":"0"}]}],"versions":["1.13.2-1","1.14.0-1","1.14.0-1ubuntu2"],"ecosystem_specific":{"binaries":[{"binary_version":"1.14.0-1ubuntu2","binary_name":"simplesamlphp"}]},"database_specific":{"source":"https://github.com/canonical/ubuntu-security-notices/blob/main/osv/cve/2017/UBUNTU-CVE-2017-12870.json"}}],"schema_version":"1.7.3","severity":[{"type":"CVSS_V3","score":"CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N"},{"type":"Ubuntu","score":"medium"}]}