CVE-2020-11728

Description

An issue was discovered in DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) through 0.60. Session management does not use a sufficiently hard-to-guess session key. Anyone who can guess the microsecond time (and the incrementing session_id) can impersonate a session.

Category

7.5
CVSS
Severity: High
CVSS 3.1 •
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 0.39%
Vendor Advisory debian.org Vendor Advisory ubuntu.com
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
Updated at:

References

Link Tags
https://gitlab.com/davical-project/awl/-/issues/19 issue tracking third party advisory
https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956650 third party advisory mailing list
https://lists.debian.org/debian-lts-announce/2020/04/msg00011.html third party advisory mailing list
https://www.debian.org/security/2020/dsa-4660 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://usn.ubuntu.com/4539-1/ vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2020-11728?
CVE-2020-11728 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2020-11728?
To fix CVE-2020-11728, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2020-11728 being actively exploited in the wild?
As for now, there are no information to confirm that CVE-2020-11728 is being actively exploited. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~0% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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