CVE-2007-5333

Public Exploit

Description

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.

Category

5.0
CVSS
Severity: Medium
CVSS 2.0 •
EPSS 80.17% Top 5%
Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory ibm.com Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory opensuse.org Vendor Advisory mandriva.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory marc.info Vendor Advisory apple.com Vendor Advisory apache.org Vendor Advisory apache.org Vendor Advisory apache.org
Affected: n/a n/a
Published at:
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References

Link Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2690 vdb entry url repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/33330 third party advisory broken link
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-4.html vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT2163 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/30676 third party advisory broken link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27706 patch exploit vdb entry third party advisory
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3636 third party advisory broken link
http://jvn.jp/jp/JVN%2309470767/index.html vdb entry third party advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1981/references vdb entry url repurposed
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20133 third party advisory vendor advisory
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11177 vdb entry tool signature signature
http://secunia.com/advisories/28915 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/37460 third party advisory broken link
http://www-1.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg1IZ20991 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31681 vdb entry third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28884 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2009-0016.html third party advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/487822/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012048 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/28878 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32036 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0488 vdb entry url repurposed
http://secunia.com/advisories/44183 third party advisory broken link
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008//Jun/msg00002.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2010:176 third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/507985/100/0/threaded mailing list vdb entry third party advisory
http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2009-02/msg00002.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.mandriva.com/security/advisories?name=MDVSA-2009:018 third party advisory vendor 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://tomcat.apache.org/security-6.html vendor advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/57126 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/32222 third party advisory broken link
http://secunia.com/advisories/30802 third party advisory broken link
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg27012047 third party advisory
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00315.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://security.gentoo.org/glsa/glsa-200804-10.xml vendor advisory broken link
https://www.redhat.com/archives/fedora-package-announce/2008-February/msg00460.html third party advisory vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1856/references vdb entry url repurposed
http://www.vmware.com/security/advisories/VMSA-2008-0010.html third party advisory
http://tomcat.apache.org/security-5.html vendor advisory
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/2780 vdb entry url repurposed
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=139344343412337&w=2 mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2008/Oct/msg00001.html mailing list third party advisory vendor advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3216 third party advisory
http://www-01.ibm.com/support/docview.wss?uid=swg24018932 third party advisory
http://secunia.com/advisories/29711 third party advisory broken link
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/3316 vdb entry url repurposed
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=532111 issue tracking third party advisory
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/06cfb634bc7bf37af7d8f760f118018746ad8efbd519c4b789ac9c2e%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/8dcaf7c3894d66cb717646ea1504ea6e300021c85bb4e677dc16b1aa%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r584a714f141eff7b1c358d4679288177bd4ca4558e9999d15867d4b5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r3aacc40356defc3f248aa504b1e48e819dd0471a0a83349080c6bcbf%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E mailing list

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2007-5333?
CVE-2007-5333 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2007-5333?
To fix CVE-2007-5333, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2007-5333 being actively exploited in the wild?
It is possible that CVE-2007-5333 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~80% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.
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