Main Vulnerability Database Vulnerabilities #VU93356

Session Fixation in Apache CXF - CVE-2017-5656

Published: June 26, 2024

Vulnerability identifier: #VU93356

CSH Severity: Medium

CVSS v4: 8.7 [CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N]

CVE-ID: CVE-2017-5656

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 potentially sensitive information.

The vulnerability exists due to Apache CXF's STSClient uses a flawed way of caching tokens that are associated with delegation tokens. A remote attacker can craft a token which would return an identifer corresponding to a cached token for another user.

Affected software

Apache CXF
Dell Support Assist Enterprise

How to mitigate CVE-2017-5656

Install updates from vendor's website.

Apache CXF - addressed in versions 3.0.13, 3.1.11
Dell Support Assist Enterprise - update to 4.00.06.00

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