Apache Tomcat improperly parses cookie values containing double-quote characters or encoded backslash sequences. The flaw affects Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36. It is an incomplete remediation of CVE-2007-3385 and can cause cookie parsing to disclose sensitive information, including session identifiers.
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An Apache Tomcat cookie-value parsing flaw that mishandles double quotes and encoded backslashes, potentially leaking session identifiers to remote attackers and enabling session hijacking. It affects Tomcat 6.0.0–6.0.14, 5.5.0–5.5.25, and 4.1.0–4.1.36, and resulted from an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385.
Incomplete session-hijacking fix for malformed cookie values.
Incomplete fix for cookie parsing session-hijacking vulnerability.
A vulnerability addressed by upgrading bundled Apache Tomcat from version 4.1.36 to 4.1.37.
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