(PT-2009-43) Positive Technologies Security Advisory
Session Fixation Vulnerability in Kayako Support Suite

Vulnerable Software

Kayako Support Suite
Version 3.60.04 stable and possibly earlier

Link:
http://www.kayako.com/

Security Level

Security Level:          Low
Impact:                        Session predictability
Attack Vector:          Remote

CVSS v2:
Base Score:     4.3
Temporal Score: 3.2
Vector:         (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N/E:U/RL:O/RC:C)

CVE:   not assigned

Software Description

Kayako Support Suite is a HelpDesk system.

Vulnerability Description

Positive Technologies Research Team discovered several Session Fixation vulnerabilities in Kayako Support Suite.

To generate a session, insecure functions mt_rand() and uniqid() are used. Moreover, the function mt_srand() uses the function microtime() for seed, which allows an attacker to go over all possible variants of seed, set it and predict the value of the following sess_id or the file name when it is uploading.

The vulnerability details are not disclosed.

Solution

Update your software up to the latest version (3.70.01).

Bulletin Status

10/12/2009 - Vendor notified
10/13/2009 - Vendor response
02/09/2010 - The vendor confirmed the vulnerability and issued a workaround decision
03/12/2010 - Requested status update from vendor
04/08/2010 - Public disclosure

Acknowledgements

This vulnerability was discovered by Timur Yunusov (Positive Technologies Research Team)

References

http://www.securitylab.ru/lab/PT-2009-43
http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp

Reports on the vulnerabilities previously discovered by Positive Technologies Research Team:

http://www.securitylab.ru/lab/
http://www.ptsecurity.ru/advisory.asp

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