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>> Apache Tomcat SingleSignOn Cookie Information Disclosure Weakness

Title : Apache Tomcat SingleSignOn Cookie Information Disclosure Weakness
VUPEN ID : VUPEN/ADV-2008-0192
CVE ID : CVE-2008-0128
Rated as : Low Risk 
Remotely Exploitable : Yes
Locally Exploitable : Yes
Release Date : 2008-01-21


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A weakness has been identified in Apache Tomcat, which could be exploited by attackers to gain knowledge of sensitive information. This issue is caused due to the JSESSIONIDSSO cookie being sent without the "secure" attribute when using the SingleSignOn Valve (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn) over HTTPS, which could be exploited to disclose sensitive information.

Affected Products

Apache Tomcat versions 5.x

Solution

A fix is available via SVN :
http://tomcat.apache.org/svn.html

References

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0192
http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41217

Credits

Vulnerability reported by Olaf Kock.

ChangeLog

2008-01-21 : Initial release

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