Bug 1081896 (CVE-2014-0154)

Summary: CVE-2014-0154 ovirt-engine-webadmin: HttpOnly flag is not included when the session ID is set
Product: [Other] Security Response Reporter: David Jorm <djorm>
Component: vulnerabilityAssignee: Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status: CLOSED ERRATA QA Contact:
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Priority: medium    
Version: unspecifiedCC: cpelland, dougsland, extras-orphan, grocha, idith, mjc, nobody, srevivo, ykaul
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Hardware: All   
OS: Linux   
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It was found that the oVirt web admin interface did not include the HttpOnly flag when setting session IDs with the Set-Cookie header. This flaw could make it is easier for a remote attacker to hijack an oVirt web admin session by leveraging a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.
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Bug Depends On: 1081927, 1081928, 1081929    
Bug Blocks: 1103966    

Description David Jorm 2014-03-28 07:15:55 UTC
It was found that the oVirt web admin interface did not include the HttpOnly flag when setting session IDs with the Set-Cookie header. As a result, it is easier for remote attackers to hijack an oVirt web admin session by leveraging a cross-site scripting (XSS) vulnerability.

Comment 1 David Jorm 2014-03-28 07:33:18 UTC
Upstream bug:

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1077450

Upstream patch commit:

http://gerrit.ovirt.org/#/c/25915/

Comment 3 David Jorm 2014-03-28 08:19:59 UTC
Created ovirt-engine tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1081929]

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2015-02-11 17:59:52 UTC
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  RHEV Manager version 3.5

Via RHSA-2015:0158 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0158.html