session fixation when using FORM authentication
CVE: CVE-2020-10714
Component: wildfly-elytron
CWE: CWE-384
Severity: Moderate
CVSS v3: 7.5/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Release date: 2020-04-28T00:00:00+00:00

A flaw was found in WildFly Elytron version 1.11.3.Final and before. When using WildFly Elytron FORM authentication with a session ID in the URL, an attacker could perform a session fixation attack. The highest threat from this vulnerability is to data confidentiality and integrity as well as system availability.


Remediation:
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

For details about how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details about how to apply this update, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

For details about how to apply this update, which includes the changes described in this advisory, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details about how to apply this update, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, make sure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details about how to apply this update, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, ensure all previously released errata relevant to your system have been applied.

For details about how to apply this update, see:

https://access.redhat.com/articles/11258
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

You must restart the JBoss server process for the update to take effect.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update)
For on-premise installations, before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

It is recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this update; after installing the update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
For on-premise installations, before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

It is recommended to halt the server by stopping the JBoss Application Server process before installing this update; after installing the update, restart the server by starting the JBoss Application Server process.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
To install this update, do the following:

1. Download the Data Grid 7.3.7 server patch from the customer portal. See the download link in the References section.
2. Back up your existing Data Grid installation. You should back up databases, configuration files, and so on.
3. Install the Data Grid 7.3.7 server patch. Refer to the 7.3 Release Notes for patching instructions.
4. Restart Data Grid to ensure the changes take effect.
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

Installation instructions are available from the Fuse 7.9.0 product
documentation page:
https://access.redhat.com/documentation/en-us/red_hat_fuse/7.9/
Before applying this update, back up your existing Red Hat JBoss Enterprise Application Platform installation and deployed applications.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).

The JBoss server process must be restarted for the update to take effect.
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link (you must log in to download the update).
Before applying the update, back up your existing installation, including all applications, configuration files, databases and database settings, and so on.

The References section of this erratum contains a download link for the update. You must be logged in to download the update.
This attack is dependent on the attacker being able to create a session and the victim accessing the session before the session expires, we do have a 15 minute session timeout by default but the attacker could also keep this alive by say sending in a request every five minutes.

The server by default supports session tracking by URL and Cookie, if the web.xml is updated to support COOKIE only the exploit is not possible by sharing the link.
~~~
  <session-config>
    <tracking-mode>URL</tracking-mode>
  </session-config>
~~~
TO
~~~
  <session-config>
    <tracking-mode>COOKIE</tracking-mode>
  </session-config>
~~~