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Joomla!: [20180507] - Core - Session deletion race condition (CVE-2018-11324)

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Joomla!: [20180507] - Core - Session deletion race condition (CVE-2018-11324)

Severity
4
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
05/22/2018
Created
07/25/2018
Added
05/23/2018
Modified
06/25/2018

Description

An issue was discovered in Joomla! Core before 3.8.8. A long running background process, such as remote checks for core or extension updates, could create a race condition where a session that was expected to be destroyed would be recreated.

Solution(s)

  • joomla-upgrade-3_8_8

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