CVE-2016-6338

Related Vulnerabilities: CVE-2016-6338  

It was discovered that the ovirt-engine webadmin session would not properly enforce timeouts. Browser sessions would remain logged in beyond the administratively configured session timeout period.

It was discovered that the ovirt-engine webadmin session would not properly enforce timeouts. Browser sessions would remain logged in beyond the administratively configured session timeout period.

Find out more about CVE-2016-6338 from the MITRE CVE dictionary dictionary and NIST NVD.

CVSS v2 metrics

Base Score 3.7
Base Metrics AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Local
Access Complexity High
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial

CVSS v3 metrics

CVSS3 Base Score 3.8
CVSS3 Base Metrics CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L
Attack Vector Physical
Attack Complexity High
Privileges Required None
User Interaction Required
Scope Unchanged
Confidentiality Low
Integrity Impact Low
Availability Impact Low

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Red Hat Security Errata

Platform Errata Release Date
Red Hat Virtualization 4 (org.ovirt.engine-root) RHSA-2017:3427 2017-12-12

Affected Packages State

Platform Package State
Red Hat Virtualization 4 ovirt-engine Will not fix
RHEV Manager 3 ovirt-engine Will not fix

Acknowledgements

This issue was discovered by Greg Sheremeta (Red Hat).