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Bug 1165311 - (CVE-2014-7851) CVE-2014-7851 ovirt-engine-webadmin: does not invalidate all sessions upon logout
CVE-2014-7851 ovirt-engine-webadmin: does not invalidate all sessions upon lo...
Status: CLOSED CURRENTRELEASE
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability (Show other bugs)
unspecified
All Linux
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Assigned To: Red Hat Product Security
impact=moderate,public=20150217,repor...
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Depends On: 1167165 1167166
Blocks: 1163552
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Reported: 2014-11-18 14:36 EST by Vincent Danen
Modified: 2015-02-19 04:35 EST (History)
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It was found that oVirt did not correctly terminate sessions when a user logged out from the web interface. Upon logout, only the engine session was invalidated but the restapi session persisted. An attacker able to obtain the session data, and able to log in with their own credentials, could replace their session token with the stolen token and elevate their privileges to those of the victim user. Note that in order for this flaw to be exploited, the attacker must also have a valid login and authenticate successfully.
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Last Closed: 2015-02-16 00:23:45 EST
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Description Vincent Danen 2014-11-18 14:36:38 EST
It was reported that oVirt 3.2.2 and later did not correctly terminate sessions when a user logged out from the web interface (there are two sessions used between the browser and the backend: the engine and the restapi).  Upon logout, only the engine session was invalidated but the restapi session persisted.  If an attacker could obtain that session data and login with their own credentials, they could replace their session token with the stolen token and elevate their privileges to that of victim user.  Note that in order for this to be exploited, the attacker must also have a valid login and authenticate successfully.
Comment 1 Vincent Danen 2014-11-18 14:37:58 EST
The original oVirt bug report is here: Bug #1161730

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