CVE-2019-4330 - Reliance on Cookies without Validation and Integrity Checking

Severity

43%

Complexity

27%

Confidentiality

23%

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 4.0 does not set the secure attribute for cookies in HTTPS sessions, which could cause the user agent to send those cookies in plaintext over an HTTP session. IBM X-Force ID: 161210.

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence (SonarG) 4.0 does not set the secure attribute for cookies in HTTPS sessions, which could cause the user agent to send those cookies in plaintext over an HTTP session. IBM X-Force ID: 161210.

CVSS 3.1 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N).

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.3. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: medium. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N).

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

2019-10-29 00:15:00

Last updated 5 years ago

2019-10-29 19:15:00

Affected Software

IBM Security Guardium Big Data Intelligence 4.0

4.0

References

ibm-guardium-cve20194330-info-disc (161210)

VDB Entry, Vendor Advisory

https://www.ibm.com/support/pages/node/1096384

Patch, Vendor Advisory

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