Security Bulletin: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator's session or sensitive cookies do not have the secure attribute enabled (CVE-2012-5936)

Summary

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator’s session or sensitive cookies do not have the secure attribute enabled. As a result, customers who use HTTP could be vulnerable to cookie hijacking attacks.

Vulnerability Details

CVE ID: CVE-2012-5936

DESCRIPTION: IBM Sterling B2B Integrator does not set the secure attribute when it creates a session or sensitive cookies. The secure attribute is used to ensure that cookies (with the attribute set) can only be sent in an encrypted channel to reduce the likelihood of eavesdropping attacks.

CVSS:
CVSS Base Score: 5
CVSS Temporal Score: See https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/80401 for the current score
CVSS Environmental Score*: Undefined
CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

Affected Products and Versions

IBM Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2, 5.1 and 5.0
IBM Sterling File Gateway 2.2, 2.1 and 2.0

Remediation/Fixes

APAR IC82726.
Apply iFix 5020401_3 or apply Fix Pack 5020402 if you are running Sterling B2B Integrator 5.2 or Sterling File Gateway 2.2
Apply fix pack 5104 if you are running Sterling B2B Integrator 5.1 or Sterling File Gateway 2.1.
Apply FixPack 5010 if you are running Sterling B2B Integrator 5.0 or Sterling File Gateway 2.0

Workarounds and Mitigations

None known.