Cross-site request forgery in Debian Linux - CVE-2019-16993

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Cross-site request forgery in Debian Linux - CVE-2019-16993

Published: September 30, 2019 / Updated: August 8, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU35211
CSH Severity: High
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:A/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Amber
CVE-ID: CVE-2019-16993
CWE-ID: CWE-352
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available
Vendor: Debian
Affected software:
Debian Linux

Detailed vulnerability description

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform cross-site request forgery attacks.

The vulnerability exists due to insufficient validation of the HTTP request origin. A remote attacker can trick the victim to visit a specially crafted web page and perform arbitrary actions on behalf of the victim on the vulnerable website.


How to mitigate CVE-2019-16993

Cybersecurity Help is currently unaware of any official solution to address this vulnerability.

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