42496 : Jetty HTML Cookie Parameter Unspecified Character Sequence Hijacking Weakness
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Nov 05, 2007

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Description

(Description Provided by CVE) : Mortbay Jetty before 6.1.6rc1 does not properly handle "certain quote sequences" in HTML cookie parameters, which allows remote attackers to hijack browser sessions via unspecified vectors.

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Unknown or Incomplete

Solution

Upgrade to version 6.1.6rc1 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

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CVE ID: 2007-5614 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 26695
Secunia Advisory ID: 27925 30941 35143
Related OSVDB ID: 42495 42497
CERT VU: 438616
Vendor Specific Solution URL: http://dist.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty-5.1.x/
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://svn.codehaus.org/jetty/jetty/trunk/VERSION.txt
Other Advisory URL: https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-July/msg00250.html

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