Improper Conversion of Return Values in validateSignature Method in SimpleSAMLphp and simplesamlphp/saml2 Library

CVE-2016-9814 · HIGH Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:C

The validateSignature method in the SAML2\Utils class in SimpleSAMLphp before 1.14.10 and simplesamlphp/saml2 library before 1.9.1, 1.10.x before 1.10.3, and 2.x before 2.3.3 allows remote attackers to spoof SAML responses or possibly cause a denial of service (memory consumption) by leveraging improper conversion of return values to boolean.

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