Session Fixation in Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - CVE-2020-4696

 

Session Fixation in Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - CVE-2020-4696

Published: December 1, 2020


Vulnerability identifier: #VU48739
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4: 6.9 [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]
CVE-ID: CVE-2020-4696
CWE-ID: CWE-384
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to sesntive information in the system.

The vulnerability exists due to the session invalidation issue. A remote attacker can obtain sensitive information from the previous session


Affected software

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S)

How to mitigate CVE-2020-4696

Install updates from vendor's website.

Cloud Pak for Security (CP4S) - update to 1.4.0.0

External References

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