70482 : Hastymail2 HTTPS Session Cookie Secure Flag Weakness
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2009-12-06

Description

Hastymail2 contains a flaw related to a failure to set the secure flag for the session cookie in an https session. This may allow a remote attacker to capture the cookie by intercepting its transmission with an http session.

Classification

Location: Remote / Network Access
Attack Type: Misconfiguration
Impact: Loss of Confidentiality, Loss of Integrity
Solution: Upgrade
Exploit: Exploit Unknown
Disclosure: Vendor Verified
OSVDB: Web Related

Solution

Upgrade to version RC8 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Hastymail

Hastymail2

RC 7

References

CVE ID: 2009-5051 (see also: NVD)
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://www.hastymail.org/security/

Credit

Not Available

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 5.0
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2011-01-18 | Disagree?

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