CVE-2017-12619

Apache Zeppelin prior to 0.7.3 was vulnerable to session fixation which allowed an attacker to hijack a valid user session. Issue was reported by stone lone.

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://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2019/04/23/1
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/108050
• https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ff6b995a5a3ba8db4d6b14b4d9dd487e7bf2e3bdd5b375b64a25fd06%40%3Cusers.zeppelin.apache.org%3E
• https://zeppelin.apache.org/releases/zeppelin-release-0.7.3.html