Information disclosure in Shibboleth authentication - #VU6418

 

Information disclosure in Shibboleth authentication - #VU6418

Published: May 4, 2017


Vulnerability identifier: #VU6418
CSH Severity: Low
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: N/A
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability: No public exploit available

Vulnerability details

The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to gain access to potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to an error within session management functionality combined with internal caching mechanism. The web application does not properly performs the logout procedure when the shib session expires, which depending on the caching mechanism makes private data public.

A remote attacker can gain access to potentially sensitive information of other website users.


Affected software

Shibboleth authentication

Remediation

Update to version 7.x-4.4.


External References

Related Security Bulletins