Bug 1668493 (CVE-2018-17199) - CVE-2018-17199 httpd: mod_session_cookie does not respect expiry time
Summary: CVE-2018-17199 httpd: mod_session_cookie does not respect expiry time
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Status: CLOSED ERRATA
Alias: CVE-2018-17199
Product: Security Response
Classification: Other
Component: vulnerability
Version: unspecified
Hardware: All
OS: Linux
medium
medium
Target Milestone: ---
Assignee: Red Hat Product Security
QA Contact: Maryna Nalbandian
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Depends On: 1668494 1677496 1677498 1677590
Blocks: 1668499
TreeView+ depends on / blocked
 
Reported: 2019-01-22 21:21 UTC by Laura Pardo
Modified: 2023-09-07 19:40 UTC (History)
16 users (show)

Fixed In Version: httpd 2.4.38
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Last Closed: 2019-11-20 18:51:13 UTC
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System ID Private Priority Status Summary Last Updated
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3932 0 None None None 2019-11-20 16:21:01 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3933 0 None None None 2019-11-20 16:13:26 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:3935 0 None None None 2019-11-20 16:08:33 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2019:4126 0 None None None 2019-12-10 07:57:12 UTC
Red Hat Product Errata RHSA-2020:1121 0 None None None 2020-03-31 19:24:53 UTC

Description Laura Pardo 2019-01-22 21:21:11 UTC 
In Apache HTTP Server 2.4.0 to 2.4.37, mod_session checks the session expiry time before decoding the session. This causes session expiry time to be ignored for mod_session_cookie sessions since the expiry time is loaded when the session is decoded.


References:
https://seclists.org/oss-sec/2019/q1/81
https://httpd.apache.org/security/vulnerabilities_24.html
Comment 1 Laura Pardo 2019-01-22 21:21:22 UTC 
Created httpd tracking bugs for this issue:

Affects: fedora-all [bug 1668494]
Comment 17 Timothy Walsh 2019-07-25 12:50:10 UTC 
A review of this flaw was conducted and has been allocated a revised score to reflect the potential for exploiting session information when specific conditions are met.
Comment 25 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-20 16:08:32 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat JBoss Core Services

Via RHSA-2019:3935 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3935
Comment 26 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-20 16:13:20 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 7

Via RHSA-2019:3933 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3933
Comment 27 errata-xmlrpc 2019-11-20 16:20:59 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  JBoss Core Services on RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2019:3932 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3932
Comment 28 Product Security DevOps Team 2019-11-20 18:51:13 UTC 
This bug is now closed. Further updates for individual products will be reflected on the CVE page(s):

https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/cve-2018-17199
Comment 29 errata-xmlrpc 2019-12-10 07:57:11 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.6 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5 EUS
  Red Hat Software Collections for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 EUS

Via RHSA-2019:4126 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4126
Comment 30 errata-xmlrpc 2020-03-31 19:24:50 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7

Via RHSA-2020:1121 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2020:1121
Comment 31 errata-xmlrpc 2021-05-18 15:15:01 UTC 
This issue has been addressed in the following products:

  Red Hat Enterprise Linux 8

Via RHSA-2021:1809 https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:1809
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