CVE-2008-0128
MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctlDescription
The SingleSignOn Valve (org.apache.catalina.authenticator.SingleSignOn) in Apache Tomcat before 5.5.21 does not set the secure flag for the JSESSIONIDSSO cookie in an https session, which can cause the cookie to be sent in http requests and make it easier for remote attackers to capture this cookie.
CVSS v2 Vector
No CVSS vector data available.
Exploit Intelligence
Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.
References
- http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx
- http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41217
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html
- http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28549
- http://secunia.com/advisories/28552
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29242
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31493
- http://secunia.com/advisories/33668
- http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-0128
- http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540
- http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1468
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27365
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0192
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39804
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%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/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E
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