CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2019-5531

Insufficient Session Expiration

Published: Sep 18, 2019 | Modified: Feb 10, 2020
CVSS 3.x
5.4
MEDIUM
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N
CVSS 2.x
5.8 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

VMware vSphere ESXi (6.7 prior to ESXi670-201810101-SG, 6.5 prior to ESXi650-201811102-SG, and 6.0 prior to ESXi600-201807103-SG) and VMware vCenter Server (6.7 prior to 6.7 U1b, 6.5 prior to 6.5 U2b, and 6.0 prior to 6.0 U3j) contain an information disclosure vulnerability in clients arising from insufficient session expiration. An attacker with physical access or an ability to mimic a websocket connection to a user’s browser may be able to obtain control of a VM Console after the user has logged out or their session has timed out.

Weakness

According to WASC, “Insufficient Session Expiration is when a web site permits an attacker to reuse old session credentials or session IDs for authorization.”

Affected Software

Name Vendor Start Version End Version
Esxi Vmware 6.7-670-201811001 (including) 6.7-670-201811001 (including)
Vsphere_esxi Vmware 6.7 (including) 6.7 (including)
Vsphere_esxi Vmware 6.7-update_1 (including) 6.7-update_1 (including)

Potential Mitigations

References