CVE-2015-5217 json
Ipsilon denial of service via a duplicate SP name
published 10y ago modified 4mo ago also GHSA-6875-ff47-r6p6 , PYSEC-2015-41 , EUVD-2015-0037
- cvss
- 4.0
- version 2.0, NVD
- cisa kev
- Not listed
- not in CISA's catalog
- epss
- 1.3%
- EPSS 1.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 70%
- public exploits
- 0
- none known
Summary
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.
Patch / fix
- pypi ipsilon 1.2.0
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red hat product security vex CVE-2015-5217 updated cvss 4.3
ipsilon: Input validation flaw in handling of user supplied data
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Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 ipsilon, ipsilon-base, ipsilon-saml2, ipsilon-client, ipsilon-persona, ipsilon-authform, +6 moreaffected: no fix available
Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf
Exploit prediction
1.30% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 70% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-09).
CVSS scores
| assigned by | version | score | vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 4.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:N/I:N/A:P |
Affected packages
| ecosystem | package | affected | fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| pypi | ipsilon | >=0.1.0, <1.2.0 |
1.2.0 |
Classification
- Weakness
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- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
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pagure.io
/ipsilon/826e6339441546f596320f3d73304ab5f7c10de6
web
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fedorahosted.org
/ipsilon/wiki/Releases/v1.0.1
web
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bugzilla.redhat.com
/show_bug.cgi?id=1255172
web, report
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openwall.com
/lists/oss-security/2015/10/27/8
mailing-list, web
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nvd.nist.gov
/vuln/detail/CVE-2015-5217
advisory
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github.com
/ipsilon-project/ipsilon
package
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github.com
/pypa/advisory-database/tree/main/vulns/ipsilon/PYSEC-2015-41.yaml
web
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github.com
/advisories/GHSA-6875-ff47-r6p6
advisory
Sources
- CVE List CVE-2015-5217
- GitHub Advisory GHSA-6875-ff47-r6p6
- NVD CVE-2015-5217
- OSV PYSEC-2015-41
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