CyberRota Analysis
AI-GeneratedApache::AppSamurai::Util versions up to 1.01 for Perl are vulnerable due to predictable session authentication keys generated from the clock and process ID, allowing attackers to enumerate potential keys. This vulnerability can lead to session hijacking, enabling unauthorized access to protected resources if an attacker can determine the session creation time and process ID. Organizations using affected versions should prioritize remediation to safeguard user sessions and prevent potential exploitation.
Original NVD Description
Apache::AppSamurai::Util versions through 1.01 for Perl generate predictable session authentication keys from the clock and process id in CreateSessionAuthKey. CreateSessionAuthKey runs five rounds of SHA-256, each over a fresh Time::HiRes reading formatted to six decimal places, the running digest, and the process id. CreateSession calls it with an empty key source on every login, and the optional Keysource directive is the only route to the other branch. The result is 64 hex characters. The microsecond field of the first reading takes one of a million values, the later readings follow it within microseconds, and the process id is drawn from a small range. The key is returned to the browser as the session cookie, and is combined with the configured server key to compute the session id and to encrypt the stored session data. An attacker who knows the second in which a session was created and the process id of the worker that created it can enumerate candidate keys and recover the victim's cookie, bypassing authentication for the protected resources. Each candidate has to be tried against the server, which validates the cookie with a key the attacker does not hold.