CVE-2016-0721

pcs: cookies are not invalidated upon logout

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Severity

Moderate

Red Hat Product Security

4.3

CVSS 2.0

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Published · February 16, 2016

Updated · May 13, 2026

Description

It was found that pcsd did not invalidate cookies on the server side when a user logged out. This could potentially allow an attacker to perform session fixation attacks on pcsd.

Statement

This issue is not currently planned to be addressed in future updates of Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6, as the web UI functionality is disabled by default in pcsd.

CVSS score applicability

The CVSS score(s) listed for this vulnerability do not reflect the associated product's status, and are included for informational purposes to better understand the severity of this vulnerability.

Mitigation

No mitigation is specified in collected source.

CVSS / CWE

CVSS 2.0 · 4.3
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

CWE-613 · Insufficient Session Expiration