IBM Security Guardium 10.0 Session session fixiation

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium 10.0. It has been declared as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component Session Handler. Such manipulation leads to session fixiation. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2017-1270. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in IBM Security Guardium 10.0 (Policy Management Software) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Session Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-384. Authenticating a user, or otherwise establishing a new user session, without invalidating any existing session identifier gives an attacker the opportunity to steal authenticated sessions. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

IBM Security Guardium 10.0 does not renew a session variable after a successful authentication which could lead to session fixation/hijacking vulnerability. This could force a user to utilize a cookie that may be known to an attacker. IBM X-Force ID: 124745.

The bug was discovered 12/18/2017. The weakness was presented 12/20/2017 (Website). The advisory is available at ibm.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2017-1270 since 11/30/2016. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 01/27/2021). It is expected to see the exploit prices for this product increasing in the near future.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

See VDB-110857, VDB-110856, VDB-110855 and VDB-110854 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Class: Session fixiation
CWE: CWE-384
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Physical: Partially
Local: Yes
Remote: Yes

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11/30/2016 🔍
12/18/2017 +383 days 🔍
12/20/2017 +2 days 🔍
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12/21/2017 +1 days 🔍
01/27/2021 +1133 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: ibm.com

Advisory: ibm.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2017-1270 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2017-1270
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-110858
X-Force: 124745

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Entryinfo

Created: 12/21/2017 08:16
Updated: 01/27/2021 15:27
Changes: 12/21/2017 08:16 (60), 12/16/2019 14:32 (2), 01/27/2021 15:27 (2)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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