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Arrow  Topic :

Simple Machines Forum (SMF) - Session fixation Issue


Arrow  SecurityAlert : 2676
Arrow  CVE : CVE-2007-2546
Arrow  SecurityRisk : Medium  Security Risk Medium  (About)
Arrow  Remote Exploit : Yes
Arrow  Local Exploit : No
Arrow  Exploit Available : Yes
Arrow  Credit : David Vieira-Kurz
Arrow  Published : 12.05.2007

Arrow  Affected Software : Simple Machines Forum (SMF) 1.1.2 and prior



Arrow  Advisory Content :  

[MajorSecurity Advisory #47]Simple Machines Forum (SMF) - Session fixation
Issue

Details
=======
Product: Simple Machines Forum (SMF)
Affected version: 1.1.2 and prior
Remote-Exploit: yes
Vendor-URL: http://www.simplemachines.org
Vendor-Status: informed
Advisory-Status: published

Credits
============
Discovered by: David Vieira-Kurz
http://www.majorsecurity.de

Original Advisory:
============
http://www.majorsecurity.de/index_2.php?major_rls=major_rls47

Introduction
============
"Simple Machines Forum ? SMF in short ? is a free, professional grade
software package
that allows you to set up your own online community within minutes." -from
simplemachines.org

More Details
============
1. Session fixation:
The "PHPSESSID" parameter can be set to a malicious and arbitrary value.

1.1 Description:
In a session fixation attack, the attacker fixes the user's session ID
before the user even logs into the target server.
After a user's session ID has been fixed, the attacker will wait for them
to login.
Once the user does so, the attacker uses the predefined session ID value to
assume their online identity.

Workaround:
============
1. Do not accept session identifiers from GET / POST variables.

2.Regenerate SID on each request.

3. Accept only server generated SID:
One way to improve security is to not accept session identifiers not
generated by server.

if ( ! isset( $_SESSION['SERVER_GENERATED_SID'] ) ) {
session_destroy(); // destroy all data in session
}
session_regenerate_id(); // generate a new session identifier
$_SESSION['SERVER_GENERATED_SID'] = true;

History/Timeline
================
30.04.2007 discovery of the vulnerability
03.04.2007 contacted the vendor
04.04.2007 working patch sent to the vendor
05.04.2007 advisory is written
05.04.2007 advisory released

MajorSecurity
=======
MajorSecurity is a non-profit German penetration testing and security
research project
which consists of only one person at the present time.
http://www.majorsecurity.de/




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