CVE-2018-5241

Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 and 6.7, and ProxySG 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7 are susceptible to a SAML authentication bypass vulnerability. The products can be configured with a SAML authentication realm to authenticate network users in intercepted proxy traffic. When parsing SAML responses, ASG and ProxySG incorrectly handle XML nodes with comments. A remote attacker can modify a valid SAML response without invalidating its cryptographic signature. This may allow the attacker to bypass user authentication security controls in ASG and ProxySG. This vulnerability only affects authentication of network users in intercepted traffic. It does not affect administrator user authentication for the ASG and ProxySG management consoles.

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Affected Products (5)

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-vf9c-2j2h-8frq

Symantec Advanced Secure Gateway (ASG) 6.6 and 6.7, and ProxySG 6.5, 6.6, and 6.7 are susceptible...

References (6)

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104282 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040993 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA167 Vendor Advisory
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/104282 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1040993 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
• https://www.symantec.com/security-center/network-protection-security-advisories/SA167 Vendor Advisory