CVE-2018-12538

Impact:
Moderate
Public Date:
2018-06-18
CWE:
CWE-287
Bugzilla:
1595453: CVE-2018-12538 jetty: HttpSessions access/hijack in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

The MITRE CVE dictionary describes this issue as:

In Eclipse Jetty versions 9.4.0 through 9.4.8, when using the optional Jetty provided FileSessionDataStore for persistent storage of HttpSession details, it is possible for a malicious user to access/hijack other HttpSessions and even delete unmatched HttpSessions present in the FileSystem's storage for the FileSessionDataStore.

Find out more about CVE-2018-12538 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v3 metrics

NOTE: The following CVSS v3 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.

CVSS3 Base Score 5.6
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Network
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction None
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux rh-java-common-jetty Not affected
Red Hat Satellite 5 jetty Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 7 jetty Not affected
Red Hat JBoss Fuse 6 jetty Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7 jetty Not affected
Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 jetty-eclipse Not affected

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