PT-2020-13951 · Ibm · Bigfix Inventory

Published 2020-12-16 · Updated 2020-12-23 · CVE-2020-14248

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v3.1

5.3

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions BigFix Inventory versions up to 10.0.2

Description The issue is related to BigFix Inventory not setting the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session. This can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests, making it easier for remote attackers to capture the cookie.

Recommendations For BigFix Inventory versions up to 10.0.2, consider updating to a version that sets the secure flag for the session cookie to prevent it from being sent in http requests. As a temporary workaround, restrict access to sensitive information that could be compromised if the session cookie is captured.

Fix

Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-319

Related Identifiers

CVE-2020-14248

Affected Products

Bigfix Inventory

References · 5

• https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2020-14248 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.hcltechsw.com/csm?id=kb_article&sysparm_article=KB0085735 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2020-14248 · Security Note
• https://t.me/cvenotify/7177 · Telegram Post
• https://t.me/cibsecurity/20931 · Telegram Post