CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-1999-0428

Session Fixation

Published: Mar 22, 1999 | Modified: Oct 13, 2020
CVSS 3.x
N/A
Source:
NVD
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
6.5 MODERATE
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N
Ubuntu

OpenSSL and SSLeay allow remote attackers to reuse SSL sessions and bypass access controls.

Weakness

Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions.

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Openssl Openssl * 0.9.2b (excluding)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References