CVE Vulnerabilities

CVE-2021-38869

Session Fixation

Published: Apr 27, 2022 | Modified: May 04, 2022
CVSS 3.x
9.8
CRITICAL
Source:
NVD
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
CVSS 2.x
7.5 HIGH
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
RedHat/V2
RedHat/V3
Ubuntu

IBM QRadar SIEM 7.3, 7.4, and 7.5 in some situations may not automatically log users out after they exceede their idle timeout. IBM X-Force ID: 208341.

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
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.0 (including) 7.3.3 (excluding)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.4.0 (including) 7.4.3 (excluding)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3 (including) 7.3.3 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_1 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_1 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_2 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_2 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_3 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_3 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_4 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_4 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_5 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_5 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_6 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_6 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_7 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_7 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_8 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_8 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.3.3-fix_pack_9 (including) 7.3.3-fix_pack_9 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.4.3 (including) 7.4.3 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.4.3-fix_pack_1 (including) 7.4.3-fix_pack_1 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.4.3-fix_pack_2 (including) 7.4.3-fix_pack_2 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.4.3-fix_pack_3 (including) 7.4.3-fix_pack_3 (including)
Qradar_security_information_and_event_manager Ibm 7.5.0 (including) 7.5.0 (including)

Extended Description

Such a scenario is commonly observed when:

Potential Mitigations

References