PT-2011-2528 · Greenbone · Greenbone Security Assistant

Published 2011-01-28 · Updated 2018-10-09 · CVE-2011-0650

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Greenbone Security Assistant versions prior to 2.0+rc3

Description A cross-site request forgery (CSRF) issue allows remote attackers to hijack user authentication for requests that send email via an OMP request to OpenVAS Manager. This can be used to bypass authentication requirements.

Recommendations For versions prior to 2.0+rc3, update to version 2.0+rc3 or later to resolve the issue. As a temporary workaround, consider restricting access to the OMP request functionality to minimize the risk of exploitation.

Fix

CSRF

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-352

Related Identifiers

CVE-2011-0650

Affected Products

Greenbone Security Assistant

References · 7

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2011-0650 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/515971/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-commits/2011-February/010242.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/65012 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/43092 · Note
• https://lists.wald.intevation.org/pipermail/openvas-commits/2011-February/010206.html · Note
• http://openvas.org/OVSA20110118.html · Note