CVE-2007-5333

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

V2 Legend

Vector : AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact PARTIAL

Integrity Impact NONE

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html	Vendor Advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html	Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706	Exploit Patch Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2309470767/index.html	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://secunia.com/advisories/28878	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/28884	Broken Link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html	Third Party Advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28915	Broken Link
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711	Broken Link
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3636	Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676	Broken Link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932	Third Party Advisory
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20991	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32036	Broken Link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222	Broken Link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048	Third Party Advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047	Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/33330	Broken Link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20133	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:018	Third Party Advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/docs/en-US/JBoss_Enterprise_Application_Platform/4.2.0.cp08/html-single/Release_Notes/index.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316	URL Repurposed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111	Issue Tracking Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460	Broken Link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html	Third Party Advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176	Third Party Advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488	URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references	URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references	URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690	URL Repurposed
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780	URL Repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183	Broken Link
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2	Mailing List Third Party Advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126	Broken Link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11177	Tool Signature
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487822/100/0/threaded	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E

Configurations

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Information

Published : 2008-02-11 17:00

Updated : 2023-02-12 18:18

NVD link : CVE-2007-5333

Mitre link : CVE-2007-5333

JSON object : View

CWE

CWE-200

Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

Products Affected

apache

tomcat

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