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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

Published Feb 1, 2006

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (5)

Change history (0)

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Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Feb 1, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Feb 1, 2006
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
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ENISA EUVD
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