National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2009-4527

Overview

The Shibboleth authentication module 5.x before 5.x-3.4 and 6.x before 6.x-3.2, a module for Drupal, does not properly remove statically granted privileges after a logout or other session change, which allows physically proximate attackers to gain privileges by using an unattended web browser.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://drupal.org/node/604488

Type: Advisory; Patch Information

Hyperlink:http://drupal.org/node/604488

External Source: XF

Name: shibboleth-saml2-priv-escalation(53779)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/53779

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2009-2919

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/2919

External Source: BID

Name: 36684

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/36684

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 37057

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/37057