CA Portal Technology Session Handling Vulnerability
Secunia Advisory: SA23426
Release Date: 2006-12-20
Popularity: 6,002 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Security Bypass
Where: From local network
Solution Status: Vendor Patch

Software:CA BrightStor Portal 11.x
CA CleverPath Aion 10.x
CA CleverPath Portal 4.x
CA eTrust Security Command Center 1.x
CA eTrust Security Command Center 8.x
CA Unicenter Asset Portfolio Management 11.x
CA Unicenter Database Command Center 11.x
CA Unicenter Database Management Portal 11.x
CA Unicenter Enterprise Job Manager 1.x
CA Unicenter Management Portal 11.x
CA Unicenter Management Portal 2.x
CA Unicenter Management Portal 3.x
CA Unicenter Workload Control Center 1.x

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Description:
A vulnerability has been reported in CA's Portal technology, which potentially can be exploited by malicious users to bypass certain security restrictions.

The problem is that when multiple Portal servers share a common data source, a malicious user may be be able to inherit the session and security authentication of another user from a different Portal server.

Solution:
Apply patches.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Reported by the vendor.

Original Advisory:
http://supportconnectw.ca.com/public/ca_common_docs/cpportal_secnot.asp


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