Bug ID 584716: SAML XML Canonicalization on BIG-IP as IdP may return invalid value if AuthnRequest is formed in a special way

Last Modified: Sep 13, 2023

Affected Product(s):
BIG-IP APM(all modules)

Known Affected Versions:
11.4.0, 11.4.1, 11.5.0, 11.5.1, 11.5.2, 11.5.3, 11.5.4, 11.5.5, 11.5.6, 11.5.7, 11.5.8, 11.5.9, 11.5.10, 11.6.0, 11.6.1, 11.6.2, 11.6.3, 11.6.3.1, 11.6.3.2, 11.6.3.3, 11.6.3.4, 11.6.4, 11.6.5, 11.6.5.1, 11.6.5.2, 11.6.5.3, 12.0.0, 12.0.0 HF1, 12.1.0 HF1, 12.0.0 HF2, 12.1.0 HF2, 12.0.0 HF3, 12.0.0 HF4, 12.1.1 HF1, 12.1.1 HF2, 12.1.2 HF1, 12.1.2 HF2, 12.1.0, 12.1.1, 12.1.2, 12.1.3, 12.1.3.1, 12.1.3.2, 12.1.3.3, 12.1.3.4, 12.1.3.5, 12.1.3.6, 12.1.3.7, 12.1.4, 12.1.4.1, 12.1.5, 12.1.5.1, 12.1.5.2, 12.1.5.3, 12.1.6

Fixed In:
13.0.0

Opened: Mar 31, 2016

Severity: 3-Major

Symptoms

Signature validation fails on BIG-IP as IDP when AuthnRequest from external SP is signed, and contains a newline/linefeed character after '</Signature>' element

Impact

WebSSO will fail

Conditions

- BIG-IP is used as IdP - External SP signs AuthnRequests - Signed AuthnRequest contains newline/linefeed character after '</Signature>' element

Workaround

n/a

Fix Information

Issue is now fixed.

Behavior Change

Guides & references

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