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VHCS Session Fixation Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish  Advisory Available in German 

Secunia Advisory: SA26142  
Release Date: 2007-07-23
Last Update: 2007-07-27

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Hijacking
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:VHCS 2.x

CVE reference:CVE-2007-3988 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
David Vieira-Kurz has reported a vulnerability in VHCS, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct session fixation attacks.

The vulnerability is caused due to an error in the handling of sessions and can be exploited to hijack another user's session by tricking the user into logging in after following a specially crafted link.

The vulnerability is reported in version 2.4.7.1. Other versions may also be affected.

Solution:
Do not follow links from untrusted sources.

Provided and/or discovered by:
David Vieira-Kurz

Changelog:
2007-07-27: Added CVE reference.

Original Advisory:
http://www.majorsecurity.de/index_2.php?major_rls=major_rls51



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