CVE-2013-7436

medium

Published 2015-04-10 · Modified 2026-05-06

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CVSS v3

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CVSS v4 NEW

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not yet in upstream

VIR risk

4.3

Description

noVNC before 0.5 does not set the secure flag for a cookie in an https session, which makes it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie by intercepting its transmission within an http session.

Predictions

Exploit likelihood

20%

Patch ETA

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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.

Mitigations

No mitigations published for this CVE yet.

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OS impact

OS	Version	Status	Fixed in
sles		affected
debian	bookworm	fixed	`1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4`
debian	bullseye	fixed	`1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4`
debian	forky	fixed	`1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4`
debian	sid	fixed	`1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4`
debian	trixie	fixed	`1:0.4+dfsg+1+20131010+gitf68af8af3d-4`

Application impact

Vendor	Product	Versions	Fixed
kanaka	novnc	`0.4`

References

CWEs

CWE-310

Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.

Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.