CVE-2012-5631 - Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Severity

88%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

98%

ipa 3.0 does not properly check server identity before sending credential containing cookies

ipa 3.0 does not properly check server identity before sending credential containing cookies

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 8.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.8. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Demo Examples

Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

CWE-565

The following code excerpt reads a value from a browser cookie to determine the role of the user.


               
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userRole = c.getValue();

It is easy for an attacker to modify the "role" value found in the locally stored cookie, allowing privilege escalation.

Overview

First reported 5 years ago

2019-11-25 15:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-12-09 15:07:00

Affected Software

FreeIPA 3.0.0

3.0.0

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/56919

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2012-5631

Third Party Advisory

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2012-5631

Issue Tracking, Third Party Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80784

Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry

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