full-disclosure - [FD] [KIS-2016-03] SugarCRM <= 6.5.18 (SAML Authentication) XML External Entity Vulnerability

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Date: Fri, 24 Jun 2016 00:00:17 +0200
From: Egidio Romano <research@...mainsecurity.com>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com, fulldisclosure@...lists.org
Subject: [FD] [KIS-2016-03] SugarCRM <= 6.5.18 (SAML Authentication) XML
 External Entity Vulnerability

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SugarCRM <= 6.5.18 (SAML Authentication) XML External Entity Vulnerability
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[-] Software Link:

http://www.sugarcrm.com/

[-] Affected Versions:

Version 6.5.18 CE and prior versions.

[-] Vulnerability Description:

The vulnerable code is located in the constructor method of the "SamlResponse" class:

63.	function __construct($settings, $assertion) {
64.	  $this->settings = $settings;
65.	  $this->assertion = base64_decode($assertion);
66.	  $this->xml = new DOMDocument();
67.	  $this->xml->loadXML($this->assertion);
68.	}

Which is being called by the "authenticateUser" method of the "SAMLAuthenticateUser" class:

75.	$samlresponse = new SamlResponse($settings, $_POST['SAMLResponse']);

User input passed through the "SAMLResponse" POST parameter isn't properly sanitized before being used in a call
to the "DOMDocument::loadXML()" method, and there are no calls to the "libxml_disable_entity_loader()" function.
This can be exploited by unauthenticated attackers to carry out XML External Entity (XXE) attacks. Successful
exploitation of this vulnerability requires SAML authentication to be enabled (disabled by default).

[-] Solution:

Update to version 6.5.19 CE or higher.

[-] Disclosure Timeline:

[15/10/2014] - Vendor notified
[18/10/2014] - Vendor acknowledgement
[15/12/2014] - Version 6.5.19 CE released: http://bit.do/sugar6519
[29/04/2015] - CVE number requested
[23/06/2016] - Public disclosure

[-] CVE Reference:

The Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures project (cve.mitre.org)
has not assigned a CVE identifier for this vulnerability.

[-] Credits:

Vulnerability discovered by Egidio Romano.

[-] Original Advisory:

http://karmainsecurity.com/KIS-2016-03

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