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Apache Tomcat Cookie Handling Session ID Disclosure
Secunia Advisory: SA26466
Release Date: 2007-08-15
Last Update: 2007-09-11
Popularity: 10,954 views

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Exposure of sensitive information
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Partial Fix

Software:Apache Tomcat 3.x
Apache Tomcat 4.x
Apache Tomcat 5.x
Apache Tomcat 6.x

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CVE reference:CVE-2007-3382
CVE-2007-3385


Description:
Tomasz Kuczynski has reported two vulnerabilities in Apache Tomcat, which can be exploited by malicious people to disclose sensitive information.

Input containing a single quote or a \" character sequence in cookie values is incorrectly handled in an unspecified way, which can be exploited to disclose sensitive information including session IDs.

The vulnerabilities are reported in versions 3.3 to 3.3.2, 4.1.0 to 4.1.36, 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, 5.5.0 to 5.5.24, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.13.

Solution:
Update to version 5.5.25 or 6.0.14.
The vulnerability is also reportedly fixed in 4.1.HEAD.

Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

Provided and/or discovered by:
Tomasz Kuczynski

Changelog:
2007-09-11: Updated "Solution" section.

Original Advisory:
Apache Tomcat (CVE-2007-3382):
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065252.html

Apache Tomcat (CVE-2007-3385):
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2007-August/065253.html

Other References:
US-CERT VU#993544:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/993544


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