CVEvulnerability

CVE-2006-0511

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2006-02-01 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2006-02-01
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.3 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:S/C:P/I:P/A:P

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 configurations

• blackboard blackboard 5.0 • blackboard blackboard 5.0.2 • blackboard blackboard 5.5 • blackboard blackboard 5.5.1 • blackboard blackboard 6.0 • blackboard blackboard academic suite 6.0

References