SB2015031005 - Session hijacking in Pivotal Spring Framework
Published: March 10, 2015 Updated: September 14, 2017
Security Bulletin ID
SB2015031005
CSH Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Information disclosure
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 vulnerability.
1) Session hijacking (CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0201)
CWE-ID: CWE-254 - Security Features
CVSSv4: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Clear
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform session fixation attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficiently secure session id generation in the Java SockJS client. A remote attacker can hijack an existing user's session and send messages to other sessions via unspecified vectors.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.