Session hijacking in Pivotal Spring Framework - CVE-2015-0201
Published: September 14, 2017
Vulnerability identifier: #VU8434
CSH Severity: Low
CVSS v4.0: 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/E:U/U:Clear
CVE-ID: CVE-2015-0201
CWE-ID: CWE-254
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Pivotal
Affected software:
Pivotal Spring Framework
Pivotal Spring Framework
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote attacker to perform session fixation attack on the target system.
The weakness exists due to insufficiently secure session id generation in the Java SockJS client. A remote attacker can hijack an existing user's session and send messages to other sessions via unspecified vectors.
The weakness exists due to insufficiently secure session id generation in the Java SockJS client. A remote attacker can hijack an existing user's session and send messages to other sessions via unspecified vectors.
How to mitigate CVE-2015-0201
Update to version 4.1.5.