CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2018-5465

Session Fixation

Published: Mar 06, 2018 | Modified: Nov 21, 2024
CVSS 3.x
8.8
HIGH
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
6.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

A Session Fixation issue was discovered in Belden Hirschmann RS, RSR, RSB, MACH100, MACH1000, MACH4000, MS, and OCTOPUS Classic Platform Switches. A session fixation vulnerability in the web interface has been identified, which may allow an attacker to hijack web sessions.

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
Hirschmann_rs20-0900mmm2tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900nnm4tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-0900vvm2tdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2l2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2s2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600l2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600m2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2m2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2s2sdau Belden - (including) - (including)
Hirschmann_rs20-1600s2t1sdau Belden - (including) - (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

References