SB2016093007 - Authentication hijack in Pivotal Cloud Foundry Ops Manager



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

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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.