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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.3

CVE-2007-3385 json

Apache Tomcat Mishandles Character Sequence in Cookies

published 2007-08-14 19 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also GHSA-6j8f-66vh-39mj , EUVD-2022-2811

cvss
4.3
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
16.9%
EPSS 16.9% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 97%
public exploits
0
none known

Summary

Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 to 6.0.13, 5.5.0 to 5.5.24, 5.0.0 to 5.0.30, 4.1.0 to 4.1.36, and 3.3 to 3.3.2 does not properly handle the \" character sequence in a cookie value, which might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session hijacking attacks.

Patch / fix

  • ant certificate system 7.3 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh
  • axis certificate system 7.3 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh
  • mx4j certificate system 7.3 1:3.0.1-1jpp_4rh
  • log4j certificate system 7.3 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh
  • tomcat5 certificate system 7.3 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.16
  • rhpki-ca certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-20.el4
  • pcsc-lite certificate system 7.3 1.3.3-3.el4
  • rhpki-kra certificate system 7.3 7.3.0-14.el4

red hat advisories RHSA-2010:0602RHSA-2008:0524RHSA-2008:0261RHSA-2008:0195RHSA-2007:1069RHSA-2007:0950

Vendor advisories

What the vendors themselves say about their products: affected, fixed or not affected, and what to do.

red hat product security vex CVE-2007-3385 updated

tomcat handling of cookie values

  • Red Hat Application Server v2 4AS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4ES tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more Red Hat Application Server v2 4WS tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_4rh.4, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0876
  • Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux AS (v.4) jacorb 2.3.0-1jpp.ep1.1, jboss-seam 1.2.1-1.ep1.2, jbossas 4.2.0-2.CP01.ep1.4, jcommon 0.9.7-1jpp.el4ep1.1, berkeleydb 2.0.90-1jpp.ep1.1, jboss-aop 1.5.5-0jpp.ep1.2.1, +12 more Red Hat Application Stack v1 for Enterprise Linux ES (v.4) jacorb 2.3.0-1jpp.ep1.1, jboss-seam 1.2.1-1.ep1.2, jbossas 4.2.0-2.CP01.ep1.4, jcommon 0.9.7-1jpp.el4ep1.1, berkeleydb 2.0.90-1jpp.ep1.1, jboss-aop 1.5.5-0jpp.ep1.2.1, +12 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0950
  • Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4AS ant 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, axis 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh, mx4j 3.0.1-1jpp_4rh, log4j 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh, pcsc-lite 1.3.3-3.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-20.el4, +31 more Red Hat Certificate System 7.3 for 4ES ant 1.6.5-1jpp_1rh, axis 1.2.1-1jpp_3rh, mx4j 3.0.1-1jpp_4rh, log4j 1.2.12-1jpp_1rh, pcsc-lite 1.3.3-3.el4, rhpki-ca 7.3.0-20.el4, +31 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2010:0602
  • Red Hat Developer Suite v.3 (AS v.4) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh, tomcat5-servlet-2.4-api 5.5.23-0jpp_11rh
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2008:0195
  • Red Hat Enterprise Linux (v. 5 server) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more Red Hat Enterprise Linux Desktop Workstation (v. 5 client) tomcat5 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jasper 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-webapps 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-common-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-server-lib 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, tomcat5-jsp-2.0-api 5.5.23-0jpp.3.0.2.el5, +5 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:0871
  • Red Hat Satellite 5.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, +7 more Red Hat Satellite v 4.0 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.0 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.1 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.1 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, jakarta-commons-pool 1.2-2jpp_2rh Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.3 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.37.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el3, +7 more
    +1 more products
    Red Hat Satellite v 4.2 (RHEL v.4 AS) tyrex 1.0.1-2jpp_2rh, jabberd 2.0s10-3.38.rhn, jfreechart 0.9.20-3.rhn, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_6rh, tomcat5 5.0.30-0jpp_10rh, perl-Crypt-CBC 2.24-1.el4, +7 more
    fixed: vendor fix RHSA-2007:1069
  • Red Hat Application Stack v2 for Enterprise Linux (v.5) bsh2 2.0-0.b4.1jpp.ep1.1.el5, jboss-seam 1.2.1-1.ep1.2.el5, jcommon 0.9.7-1jpp.ep1.1.el5, jbossas 4.2.0-2.CP01.ep1.3.el5, berkeleydb 2.0.90-1jpp.ep1.1.el5, jfreechart 0.9.21-2jpp.ep1.1.el5.2, +11 more
    not affected: vulnerable code not present

Red Hat CSAF VEX © Red Hat, Inc., from https://security.access.redhat.com/data/csaf/v2/vex/; changed: reduced to product statuses and remediations. CC BY 4.0 · csaf

Exploit prediction

16.94% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 97% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.3 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Affected packages

ecosystem package affected fixed in
maven org.apache.tomcat:tomcat
>=6.0.0, <=6.0.13
>=5.5.0, <=5.5.24
>=5.0.0, <=5.0.30
>=4.1.0, <=4.1.36
>=3.3.0, <=3.3.2
 no fix listed

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.