SB2016093007 - Authentication hijack in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Ops Manager
Published: September 30, 2016 Updated: October 3, 2016
Security Bulletin ID
SB2016093007
Severity
Low
Patch available
YES
Number of vulnerabilities
1
Exploitation vector
Remote access
Highest impact
Denial of service
Breakdown by Severity
- Low
- Medium
- High
- Critical
Description
This security bulletin contains information about 1 security vulnerability.
1) Authentication hijack (CVE-ID: CVE-2016-6637)
The vulnerability allows a remote user hijack valid user's authentication on the target language.The weakness exists due to cross-site request forgery and allows attacker to steal user's authentication data.
Successful exploitation of the vulnerability may result in using victim's authentication for approval/denial a scope via a profile or approval page authorization.
Remediation
Install update from vendor's website.