CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2017-1270

Session Fixation

Published: Dec 20, 2017 | Modified: Apr 20, 2025
CVSS 3.x
3.3
LOW
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
CVSS 2.x
2.1 LOW
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 124745.

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
Security_guardium Ibm 10.0 (including) 10.0 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.0.1 (including) 10.0.1 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.1.0 (including) 10.1.0 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.1.2 (including) 10.1.2 (including)
Security_guardium Ibm 10.1.3 (including) 10.1.3 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

In the generic exploit of session fixation vulnerabilities, an attacker creates a new session on a web application and records the associated session identifier. The attacker then causes the victim to associate, and possibly authenticate, against the server using that session identifier, giving the attacker access to the user’s account through the active session.

Potential Mitigations

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