CVE-2011-0717
First published: Mon Jan 24 2011(Updated: )
A session fixation flaw was found in the way Red Hat Network (RHN) Satellite and Spacewalk services handled session cookies. An RHN Satellite or Spacewalk Server user able to pre-set the session cookie in a victim's browser to a valid value could use this flaw to hijack the victim's session after the next log in. References: [1] <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_fixation">http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_fixation</a> [2] <a href="http://shiflett.org/articles/session-fixation">http://shiflett.org/articles/session-fixation</a> Acknowledgements: Red Hat would like to thank Thomas Biege of the SuSE Security Team for reporting this issue.
Credit: secalert@redhat.com
| Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
|---|---|---|
| Redhat Network Satellite Server | =5.4 |
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Reference Links
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2011/0491
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025116
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46528
- http://secunia.com/advisories/43487
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=672159
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2011-0300.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65658
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Session_fixation
- http://shiflett.org/articles/session-fixation
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2011-0717
- https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2011-0300.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi/show_bug.cgi?id=679887
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