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TITLE:
Apache Tomcat Cookie Handling Session ID Disclosure

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA26466

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/26466/

CRITICAL:
Less critical

IMPACT:
Exposure of sensitive information

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Apache Tomcat 6.x
http://secunia.com/product/13828/
Apache Tomcat 5.x
http://secunia.com/product/3571/
Apache Tomcat 4.x
http://secunia.com/product/328/
Apache Tomcat 3.x
http://secunia.com/product/426/

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 6.0.14.

Filter malicious characters and character sequences in a web proxy.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Tomasz Kuczynski

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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