CVE-2010-1507
Official description Straight from the sourceThe vendor's or NVD's own wording, published unedited. Authoritative, but often terse — it says what broke, rarely what to do.
NVD · uneditedWebYaST in yast2-webclient in SUSE Linux Enterprise (SLE) 11 on the WebYaST appliance uses a fixed secret key that is embedded in the appliance's image, which allows remote attackers to spoof session cookies by leveraging knowledge of this key.
Technical summary Written by usOur analysis, written from the advisory, the CVSS vector and the affected-version data. It adds context the advisory leaves out, and never invents facts that are not in the source.
dbcve analysis · high confidenceWebYaST on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 uses a hardcoded secret key embedded in the appliance image for signing session cookies. Since this same key is distributed with every appliance instance, any attacker who obtains or Reverse-engineers the image can forge valid session cookies and impersonate legitimate users.
Verify against the referenced sources before acting — the references below are authoritative for this CVE, this summary is not.
Affected products & versions What the vendor confirmedThe version ranges the vendor confirmed as vulnerable. If your version sits inside a range here, treat yourself as exposed until you have upgraded.
NVD · CPE data= 11CVSS breakdown How the score is builtThe industry scoring standard. It rates how the flaw is reached, what it takes to exploit, and what an attacker gains — the score is derived from those, not the other way round.
From the vector- Attack vector
- Network
- Complexity
- Low
- Authentication
- None
- Confidentiality
- Partial
- Integrity
- None
- Availability
- None
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Am I affected? How to checkSteps we derive from the advisory and the affected-version data, so you can decide whether this CVE reaches your setup. They are a guide, not a scan — your own configuration is the authority.
dbcve checksWork through these to decide whether this CVE applies to you.
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Verify WebYaST is installedCheck if the WebYaST package or service is present on the SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 system using package manager commands (rpm -qa | grep webyast) or service discovery methodsAffected if WebYaST is found to be installed and running on the affected system
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Locate the session signing key configurationSearch WebYaST configuration files and appliance image directories for files containing secret key, session key, or cookie signing material. Common locations include /etc/webyast, /opt/webyast, or application config directories within the appliance imageAffected if A secret key file is found in the WebYaST configuration or appliance image
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Examine the key for hardcoded characteristicsOpen the located key file and examine whether the key value appears to be hardcoded (static string) rather than dynamically generated (random, environment-derived, or externally configurable)Affected if The signing key is a static, hardcoded string rather than a dynamically generated or externally configured unique value
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Compare key across multiple instancesIf access to multiple SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 WebYaST appliance images or instances is available, extract and compare the session signing keys from eachAffected if The same key value is found across different appliance instances, confirming it is a shared hardcoded key rather than a unique per-instance secret
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Test session cookie forgery capabilityUsing the extracted hardcoded key, attempt to craft a valid session cookie for WebYaST and verify if it is accepted by the applicationAffected if A forged session cookie signed with the extracted key is accepted by the WebYaST application, confirming the vulnerability is exploitable
The system is affected if WebYaST is running on SUSE Linux Enterprise 11 and uses a hardcoded secret key for session cookie signing that is shared across appliance instances.
Generated from the published advisory. Verify against your own configuration.
Remediation Closing itWhat it takes to close this. Where a vendor fix exists we point at it; where none exists we say so plainly, and can build one. Effort estimates are scoped from the advisory, not from your codebase.
From vendor dataReplace the fixed embedded secret key with a dynamically generated or externally configured unique key per appliance instance, and rotate all existing session tokens to invalidate any potentially compromised sessions.
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- Review / QA3.0 h
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References Go to the primary sourcePrimary sources — vendor advisories, patches and trackers. Where our summary and a reference disagree, the reference wins.
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ContributedPeer-ranked notes from engineers who’ve handled CVE-2010-1507 in production — separate from our analysis above.
The advisory tells you what broke. It rarely tells you what actually worked. If you’ve dealt with this one, that detail is what the next engineer is searching for.
- The version that genuinely resolved it — not the one the vendor claimed
- A config change or rule that shut the vector down
- A gotcha in the upgrade path that cost you an afternoon
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