Explain CVE-2008-0128
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.
Affected Products: n/a
References: [{'name': 'RHSA-2008:0630', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2008-0630.html'}, {'name': '27365', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_BID'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/27365'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://security-tracker.debian.net/tracker/CVE-2008-0128'}, {'name': '31493', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/31493'}, {'name': '29242', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/29242'}, {'name': '20090127 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities (Updated - v1.1)', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500412/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': 'SUSE-SR:2008:005', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_SUSE'], 'url': 'http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-security-announce/2008-03/msg00001.html'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://issues.apache.org/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=41217'}, {'name': '33668', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/33668'}, {'name': '20090124 CA20090123-01: Cohesion Tomcat Multiple Vulnerabilities', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_BUGTRAQ'], 'url': 'http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/500396/100/0/threaded'}, {'name': '28549', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28549'}, {'name': 'apache-singlesignon-information-disclosure(39804)', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_XF'], 'url': 'https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/39804'}, {'name': 'ADV-2008-0192', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/0192'}, {'name': 'ADV-2009-0233', 'tags': ['vdb-entry', 'x_refsource_VUPEN'], 'url': 'http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/0233'}, {'name': 'DSA-1468', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_DEBIAN'], 'url': 'http://www.debian.org/security/2008/dsa-1468'}, {'name': 'RHSA-2008:0261', 'tags': ['vendor-advisory', 'x_refsource_REDHAT'], 'url': 'http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2008-0261.html'}, {'name': '28552', 'tags': ['third-party-advisory', 'x_refsource_SECUNIA'], 'url': 'http://secunia.com/advisories/28552'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://community.ca.com/blogs/casecurityresponseblog/archive/2009/01/23.aspx'}, {'tags': ['x_refsource_CONFIRM'], 'url': 'http://support.ca.com/irj/portal/anonymous/phpsupcontent?contentID=197540'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20190319 svn commit: r1855831 [21/30] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: ./ docs/ xdocs/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/29dc6c2b625789e70a9c4756b5a327e6547273ff8bde7e0327af48c5%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20190325 svn commit: r1856174 [19/29] - in /tomcat/site/trunk: docs/ xdocs/ xdocs/stylesheets/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/c62b0e3a7bf23342352a5810c640a94b6db69957c5c19db507004d74%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}, {'name': '[tomcat-dev] 20200213 svn commit: r1873980 [24/34] - /tomcat/site/trunk/docs/', 'tags': ['mailing-list', 'x_refsource_MLIST'], 'url': 'https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rb71997f506c6cc8b530dd845c084995a9878098846c7b4eacfae8db3%40%3Cdev.tomcat.apache.org%3E'}]
CVE State: PUBLISHED