Vulnerability · Published Apr 15, 2020 · Assigned by mitre
CVE-2020-11728
High 7.5
In plain English
A high-severity security flaw in the awl package (Debian). There are no confirmed reports of exploitation so far. The chance it is exploited in the next 30 days is estimated at 1.6% (higher than 76% of all known vulnerabilities). Fixed versions are available - upgrade the affected package.
Severity (CVSS NVD)7.5High
Exploit odds (30 days)1.6%top 24.3% of all CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo reportsnot in CISA KEV
Attack toolingNoneno public tooling known
Official description
An issue was discovered in DAViCal Andrew's Web Libraries (AWL) through 0.60. Session management does not use a sufficiently hard-to-guess session key. Anyone who can guess the microsecond time (and the incrementing session_id) can impersonate a session.
Affected packages & fixed versions
| Ecosystem | Package | Fixed in | Advisory |
|---|---|---|---|
| Debian:12 | awl | 0.61-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11728 |
| Debian:13 | awl | 0.61-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11728 |
| Debian:14 | awl | 0.61-1 | DEBIAN-CVE-2020-11728 |
Affected products (as reported)
References
- https://gitlab.com/davical-project/awl/-/issues/19 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugs.debian.org/cgi-bin/bugreport.cgi?bug=956650 x_refsource_MISC
- [debian-lts-announce] 20200417 [SECURITY] [DLA 2178-1] awl security update mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST
- DSA-4660 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_DEBIAN
- USN-4539-1 vendor-advisory, x_refsource_UBUNTU