vendor:
ntopng
by:
Ioannis Profetis
8.1
CVSS
HIGH
Authentication Bypass
330
CWE
Product Name: ntopng
Affected Version From: < 3.4.180617-4560
Affected Version To: 3.4.180617
Patch Exists: YES
Related CWE: CVE-2018-12520
CPE: ntopng
Other Scripts:
N/A
Platforms Tested: Unix, MacOSX, Windows
2018
ntop-ng < 3.4.180617 - Authentication Bypass
An issue was discovered in ntopng 3.4. The PRNG involved in the generation of session IDs is not seeded at program startup. This results in deterministic session IDs being allocated for active user sessions. An attacker with foreknowledge of the operating system and standard library in use by the host running the service and the username of the user whose session they're targeting can abuse the deterministic random number generation in order to hijack the user's session, thus escalating their access.
Mitigation:
Upgrade to ntopng version 3.4.180617 or later.