CVE-2008-0128

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 19.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2008-01-23 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-16

Description

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

Apache Tomcat: through 5.5.20

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

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