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CVE-2006-0511

Severity CVSS v4.0:
Pending analysis
Type:
Unavailable / Other
Publication date:
01/02/2006
Last modified:
03/04/2025

Description

Blackboard Academic Suite 6.0 and earlier does not properly clear session information when de-authenticating a user who is idle, which allows subsequent users to log in as the previous user and gain privileges. NOTE: the vendor has disputed this issue, saying that "This is a customer specific issue related to their Kerberos authentication single sign-on application and not a vulnerability in the Blackboard product.

Impact

Vector 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 4.30 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Local
Attack Complexity (AC): Low
Authentication (Au): Single
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0
4.30
Severity 2.0
MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE From Up to
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:5.5.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
cpe:2.3:a:blackboard:blackboard_academic_suite:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page


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