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[SA16081] Macromedia JRun Authentication Token Security Issue

From: Secunia Security Advisories (sec-advsecunia.com)
Date: Fri Jul 15 2005 - 04:35:44 CDT


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TITLE:
Macromedia JRun Authentication Token Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA16081

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/16081/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
From remote

SOFTWARE:
Macromedia Jrun 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/863/
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 7
http://secunia.com/product/4984/
Macromedia ColdFusion MX 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/864/

DESCRIPTION:
A security issue has been reported in JRun, which can result in
malicious users gaining access to another user's session.

The problem is caused due to a race condition where JRun in certain
situations during heavy load may generate the same authentication
token for two different sessions. This may allow a malicious
authenticated user to access another user's session.

The security issue affects the following versions:
* ColdFusion MX 7.0 Enterprise Multi-Server Edition
* ColdFusion MX 6.1 Enterprise with JRun
* JRun 4.0

SOLUTION:
Apply patch:
http://download.macromedia.com/pub/security/mpsb05-05.zip

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
The vendor credits Greg Ball, University of Virginia.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
Macromedia:
http://www.macromedia.com/devnet/security/security_zone/mpsb05-05.html

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