[Secure-testing-team] Bug#859135: CVE-2016-10127: XXE attack via crafted SAML XML request or response

[Antoine Beaupre]

Package: python-pysaml2
X-Debbugs-CC: team at security.debian.org secure-testing-team at lists.alioth.debian.org
Severity: normal
Tags: security

Hi,

the following vulnerability was published for python-pysaml2.

CVE-2016-10127[0]:
| PySAML2 allows remote attackers to conduct XML external entity (XXE)
| attacks via a crafted SAML XML request or response.

If you fix the vulnerability please also make sure to include the
CVE (Common Vulnerabilities & Exposures) id in your changelog entry.

For further information see:

[0] https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-10127
    https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-10127

Please adjust the affected versions in the BTS as needed.
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