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Product:               Seapine TestTrack Pro
Vulnerable versions:   2010.x, 2011.x
Vulnerability:         predictable session cookies
Vendor informed:       2010-09-07
Fix available:         no

Info:
TestTrack Pro is an issue tracking application from Seapine

Vulnerability:
TestTrack Pro offers a SOAP interface which works as follows:
- connect with username and password to retrieve a list of available
  projects: getProjectList(username, password);
- connect with username and passsword to retrieve a session login cookie
  on a project: projectLogon(project, username, password);
- query the system to retrieve project data using the session login
  cookie to authenticate: getRecordListForTable (cookie, .....);
- log off the session: databaseLogoff(cookie).

The session login cookies generated by the server are predictable. Below
is a log file from the connections showing the date and time of a log
entry, and then the cookie used for authentication:
"09/07/10","11:18:19","1246111"
"09/07/10","11:18:22","1246115"
"09/07/10","11:18:44","1246123"
"09/07/10","11:18:46","1246127"
"09/07/10","11:18:51","1246132"
"09/07/10","11:18:53","1246139"
"09/07/10","11:19:16","1246144"
"09/07/10","11:19:18","1246151"
"09/07/10","11:19:33","1246156"
"09/07/10","11:19:35","1246163"
"09/07/10","11:19:51","1246167"
"09/07/10","11:19:53","1246175"

The absolute value of the session cookie is related to the server
uptime, starting near 0 when the server is just started and increasing
monotonic afterwards.

History:
2010-09-07 Seapine was informed and assigned case number 121426
2010-09-08 Seapine confirmed the issue as a known issue and scheduled a
           fix in 'an upcoming 2011.0.x maintenance release'.
2010-12-20 TestTrack 2011.1 was released without a fix.
2010-12-24 Seapine was asked to publish a security bulletin detailing
           risks and mitigations despite no fix being availale
2011-02-02 Seapine was informed this issue would be publicly disclosed
2011-02-13 Submitted to bugtrack and published on my blog