noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

BID:72636

Info

noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 72636
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE: CVE-2013-7436
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Feb 17 2015 12:00AM
Updated: May 12 2015 07:47PM
Credit: Vasyl Kaigorodov
Vulnerable: Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform for RHEL 7 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform for RHEL 6 5.0
Redhat Enterprise Linux OpenStack Platform 4.0
noVNC noVNC 0.5
Not Vulnerable: noVNC noVNC 0.5.1

Discussion

noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

noVNC is prone to a session-hijacking vulnerability.

Successful exploits may allow an attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected application.

This issue is in fixed in 0.5.1.

Exploit / POC

noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Attackers can exploit this issue through a browser.

Solution / Fix

noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

Solution:
Updates are available. Please see the references or vendor advisory for more information.

References

noVNC 'include/webutil.js' Session Hijacking Vulnerability

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