CVE-2011-4718
Description
From CVE.org
Session fixation vulnerability in the Sessions subsystem in PHP before 5.5.2 allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions by specifying a session ID.
Statement
This issue affects the version of php and php53 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 5. This issue affects the version of php as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 and 7. The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having moderate security impact. This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates. This issue may be mitigated with user code changes as noted in https://wiki.php.net/rfc/strict_sessions#current_solution
Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) Score Details
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The following CVSS metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
CVSS v2 Score Breakdown
| Red Hat | NVD | cve.org | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Base Score | 5.8 | 6.8 | N/A |
| Attack Vector | Network | Network | N/A |
| Access Complexity | Medium | Medium | N/A |
| Authentication | None | None | N/A |
| Confidentiality Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Integrity Impact | Partial | Partial | N/A |
| Availability Impact | None | Partial | N/A |
Vector
Red Hat: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
NVD: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Understanding the Weakness (CWE)
Access Control
Technical Impact: Gain Privileges or Assume Identity
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