Mantis cookie session hijacking
| mantis-cookie-session-hijacking (45395) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Mantis could allow a remote attacker to hijack a valid user's session, caused by the improper handling of insecure cookies. By persuading a victim to visit a Web site that assigns cookies a secure flag, a remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to hijack the victim's HTTP session and possibly launch further attacks on the vulnerable system.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 4.3 |
| Access Vector: | Network |
| Access Complexity: | Medium |
| Authentication: | None |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 3.2 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Official-Fix |
| Report Confidence: | Confirmed |
Consequences:
Gain Access
Remedy:
Upgrade to the latest version of Mantis (1.1.3 or later), available from the Mantis Web site. See References.
References:
- Hanno Boeck Advisories, 2008-09-23: Mantis: Session hijacking vulnerability, CVE-2008-3102.
- Mantis Web site: Mantis Bug Tracker.
- mantisbt - Change Log: mantisbt - 1.1.3 (released 2008-10-14).
- BID-31344: Mantis Insecure Cookie Disclosure Weakness
- CVE-2008-3102: Mantis 1.1.x through 1.1.2 and 1.2.x through 1.2.0a2 does not set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
- GLSA-200812-07: Mantis: Multiple vulnerabilities
- SA32243: Mantis Referenced Reports Information Disclosure Security Issue
Platforms Affected:
- Gentoo Linux
- Mantis Mantis 1.0
- Mantis Mantis 1.1
- Mantis Mantis 1.1.0a2
- Mantis Mantis 1.1.1
- Mantis Mantis 1.1.2
Reported:
Sep 23, 2008
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