CVE-2014-4789

Session fixation vulnerability in IBM Initiate Master Data Service 9.5 before 9.5.093013, 9.7 before 9.7.093013, 10.0 before 10.0.093013, and 10.1 before 10.1.093013 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions via unspecified vectors.

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

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

Related Attack Patterns

• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/196.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/21.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/31.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/39.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/59.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/60.html
• https://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/61.html

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/60996
• http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg21682450
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/95059