CVE-2019-8978

Summary

CVECVE-2019-8978
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2019-05-14 19:29:00 UTC
Updated2021-07-21 11:39:00 UTC
DescriptionAn improper authentication vulnerability can be exploited through a race condition that occurs in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.3, 8.8.4, and 8.9 and Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3, 8.3.1, 8.3.2, and 8.4, in conjunction with SSO Manager. This vulnerability allows remote attackers to steal a victim's session (and cause a denial of service) by repeatedly requesting the initial Banner Web Tailor main page with the IDMSESSID cookie set to the victim's UDCID, which in the case tested is the institutional ID. During a login attempt by a victim, the attacker can leverage the race condition and will be issued the SESSID that was meant for this victim.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-287 | CWE-362

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3.1 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3.2 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.4 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3.1 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.3.2 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Enterprise Identity Services 8.4 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.3 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.4 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.9 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.3 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.8.4 All All All
Application Ellucian Banner Web Tailor 8.9 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
ecommunities.ellucian.com/message/252810 MISC ecommunities.ellucian.com Permissions Required
Full Disclosure: [CVE-2019-8978] Improper Authentication (CWE-287) in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor and Banner Enterprise Identity Services FULLDISC seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
raw.githubusercontent.com/JoshuaMulliken/CVE-2019-8978/master/README.txt MISC raw.githubusercontent.com Third Party Advisory
Bugtraq: [CVE-2019-8978] Improper Authentication (CWE-287) in Ellucian Banner Web Tailor and Banner Enterprise Identity Services BUGTRAQ seclists.org Mailing List, Third Party Advisory
ecommunities.ellucian.com/message/252749 MISC ecommunities.ellucian.com Permissions Required
Ellucian Banner Web Tailor / Banner Enterprise Identity Services Improper Authentication ≈ Packet Storm MISC packetstormsecurity.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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