CVE-2013-2997 Auth bypass in n/a

What is CVE-2013-2997?

CVE-2013-2997 is a low-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in n/a, published on 8 Sep 2013. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

Official description

IBM Security AppScan Enterprise before 8.7 does not invalidate the session context upon a logout action, which allows remote attackers to hijack sessions by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2013-2997?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Ibm Security Appscan.

How do I fix CVE-2013-2997?

No fix has been published for CVE-2013-2997 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.

Is CVE-2013-2997 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2013-2997 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2014-6119 Code injection in n/a Critical 9.3
• CVE-2016-9981 Other in Security AppScan Enterprise High 8.1
• CVE-2014-0904 Code injection in n/a High 7.6
• CVE-2016-6042 Memory corruption in AppScan Enterprise High 7.3
• CVE-2016-0288 XML external entity in n/a Medium 6.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as GHSA-226m-h7gc-7939.