First published: Sun Jul 05 2015(Updated: )
EMC Secure Remote Services Virtual Edition (ESRS VE) 3.x before 3.06 does not properly generate random values for session cookies, which makes it easier for remote attackers to hijack sessions by predicting a value.
Credit: security_alert@emc.com
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Dell EMC Secure Remote Services | =3.02 | |
Dell EMC Secure Remote Services | =3.03 | |
Dell EMC Secure Remote Services | =3.04 |
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CVE-2015-0544 is classified as a medium severity vulnerability due to its potential for session hijacking.
To fix CVE-2015-0544, upgrade EMC Secure Remote Services to version 3.06 or later, which improves the randomness of session cookie generation.
CVE-2015-0544 affects EMC Secure Remote Services versions 3.02, 3.03, and 3.04.
The impact of CVE-2015-0544 is that attackers can hijack user sessions by predicting session cookie values.
Yes, CVE-2015-0544 can be exploited by remote attackers due to its nature of session cookie prediction.