Release Date: | 2007-08-14 |
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 does not properly handle the \ character sequence in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly handle (1) double quote () characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.
See more information about CVE-2007-3385 from MITRE CVE dictionary and NIST NVD
NOTE: The following CVSS v2.0 metrics and score provided are preliminary and subject to review.
Base Score: | 4.3 | Base Metrics: | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
Access Vector: | Network | Attack Complexity: | Medium |
Authentication: | None required | Confidentiality Impact: | Partial |
Integrity Impact: | None | Availability Impact: | None |
Platform | Errata | Release Date |
Oracle Linux version 5 (tomcat5) | ELSA-2007-0871 | 2007-09-26 |
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