First published: Fri Jan 28 2011(Updated: )
Cross-site request forgery (CSRF) vulnerability in Greenbone Security Assistant (GSA) before 2.0+rc3 allows remote attackers to hijack the authentication of users for requests that send email via an OMP request to OpenVAS Manager. NOTE: this issue can be leveraged to bypass authentication requirements for exploiting CVE-2011-0018.
Credit: cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Greenbone Security Assistant | <=2.0 |
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CVE-2011-0650 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability.
To fix CVE-2011-0650, upgrade Greenbone Security Assistant to version 2.0+rc3 or later.
CVE-2011-0650 allows remote attackers to hijack user authentication and send unauthorized email requests.
CVE-2011-0650 is a concern only for users running versions prior to 2.0+rc3.
Yes, CVE-2011-0650 can be exploited remotely without physical access to the system.