CVE-2013-7436
novnc: session hijack through insecurely set session token cookies
Severity Score
Exploit Likelihood
Affected Versions
Public Exploits
0Exploited in Wild
-Decision
Descriptions
noVNC before 0.5 does not set the secure flag for a cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.
noVNC anterior a 0.5 no configura la bandera de seguro para una cookie en una sesión https, lo que facilita a atacantes remotos capturar esta cookie mediante la intercepción de su transmisión dentro de una sesión http.
It was discovered that noVNC did not properly set the 'secure' flag when issuing cookies. An attacker could use this flaw to intercept cookies via a man-in-the-middle attack.
The novnc package provides a VNC client that uses HTML5 and includes encryption support. It was discovered that noVNC did not properly set the 'secure' flag when issuing cookies. An attacker could use this flaw to intercept cookies via a man-in-the-middle attack. All novnc users are advised to upgrade to this updated package, which corrects this issue.
CVSS Scores
SSVC
- Decision:-
Timeline
- 2015-03-12 CVE Reserved
- 2015-04-08 CVE Published
- 2024-08-06 CVE Updated
- 2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
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- ---------- KEV Due Date
- ---------- First Exploit
CWE
- CWE-310: Cryptographic Issues
- CWE-319: Cleartext Transmission of Sensitive Information
CAPEC
References (9)
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/02/17/1 | Mailing List |
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http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2015/03/12/13 | Mailing List |
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https://github.com/kanaka/noVNC/commit/ad941faddead705cd611921730054767a0b32dcd | X_refsource_confirm |
URL | Date | SRC |
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URL | Date | SRC |
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http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0788.html | 2015-05-06 | |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0833.html | 2015-05-06 | |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0834.html | 2015-05-06 | |
http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2015-0884.html | 2015-05-06 | |
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1193451 | 2015-04-23 | |
https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2013-7436 | 2015-04-23 |