IBM BigFix Platform up to 9.5.9 Cookie httponly session fixiation

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A vulnerability categorized as problematic has been discovered in IBM BigFix Platform. Affected by this issue is some unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. Such manipulation leads to session fixiation (httponly). This vulnerability is listed as CVE-2018-1480. The attack may be performed from remote. There is no available exploit. It is advisable to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in IBM BigFix Platform (Endpoint Management Software). It has been rated as problematic. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a session fixiation vulnerability (httponly). 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 BigFix Platform 9.2.0 through 9.2.14 and 9.5 through 9.5.9 does not set the 'HttpOnly' attribute on authorization tokens or session cookies. If a Cross-Site Scripting vulnerability also existed attackers may be able to get the cookie values via malicious JavaScript and then hijack the user session. IBM X-Force ID: 140762.

The bug was discovered 12/10/2018. The weakness was presented 12/12/2018 (Website). The advisory is available at exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2018-1480 since 12/13/2017. 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 vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 119843 (IBM BigFix Platform 9.2.x < 9.2.15 / 9.5.x < 9.5.10 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Web Servers and running in the context r.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at Tenable (119843). See VDB-127895, VDB-127896, VDB-127897 and VDB-127899 for similar entries. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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Type

• Endpoint Management Software

Vendor

• IBM

Name

• BigFix Platform

Version

• 9.2.0
• 9.2.1
• 9.2.2
• 9.2.3
• 9.2.4
• 9.2.5
• 9.2.6
• 9.2.7
• 9.2.8
• 9.2.9
• 9.2.10
• 9.2.11
• 9.2.12
• 9.2.13
• 9.2.14
• 9.5.0
• 9.5.1
• 9.5.2
• 9.5.3
• 9.5.4
• 9.5.5
• 9.5.6
• 9.5.7
• 9.5.8
• 9.5.9

License

• commercial

Website

• Vendor: https://www.ibm.com/

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