37070 : Apache Tomcat Cookie Handling Quote Delimiter Session ID Disclosure
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Timeline

Disclosure Date
2007-08-14

Description

<em style='font-weight:bold;'>(Description Provided by <a href="http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=2007-3382" target="_blank">CVE</a>)</em> : Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13, 5.5.0 to 5.5.24, 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, 4.1.0 to 4.1.36, and 3.3 to 3.3.2 treats single quotes ("'") as delimiters in cookies, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked and allow remote attackers to conduct session hijacking attacks.

Classification

Disclosure: Vendor Verified

Solution

Upgrade to version 4.1.HEAD, 5.5.25, 6.0.14 or higher, as it has been reported to fix this vulnerability. An upgrade is required as there are no known workarounds.

Products

Unknown or Incomplete

References

CVE ID: 2007-3382 (see also: NVD)
Bugtraq ID: 25316
Secunia Advisory ID: 26466 26898 27037 27267 27727 28317 28361 29242 30802 33668 33978 36486 40859
ISS X-Force ID: 36006
Related OSVDB ID: 37071
CERT VU: 993544
VUPEN Advisory: ADV-2007-2902 ADV-2007-3386 ADV-2007-3527
Other Advisory URL: HPSBTU02276 SSRT071472: HPSBUX02262 SSRT071447: http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1447
http://www.us.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1453
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2007-November/msg00525.html
Mail List Post: http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0190.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-08/0198.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0102.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2007-10/0249.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2009-01/0254.html
http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
Vendor Specific News/Changelog Entry: http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html
RedHat RHSA: http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2010-0602.html
RHSA-2007:0871
Vendor Specific Advisory URL: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ55562
https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
Vendor Specific Solution URL: https://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/SolutionResults?aparNo=RO04648&actionID=4

Tools & Filters

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	4167 4564

Credit

Unknown or Incomplete

CVSSv2 Score

CVSSv2 Base Score = 4.3
Source: nvd.nist.gov | Generated: 2007-08-15 | Disagree?

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