Bug 1069919 (CVE-2014-0033)

Summary:	CVE-2014-0033 tomcat: session fixation still possible with disableURLRewriting enabled
Product:	[Other] Security Response	Reporter:	Vincent Danen <vdanen>
Component:	vulnerability	Assignee:	Red Hat Product Security <security-response-team>
Status:	CLOSED ERRATA	QA Contact:
Severity:	medium	Docs Contact:
Priority:	medium
Version:	unspecified	CC:	aneelica, anil.saldhana, asantos, bdawidow, ccoleman, cdewolf, chuffman, djorm, dknox, dmcphers, drieden, epp-bugs, fnasser, hfnukal, huwang, ivan.afonichev, jawilson, jcoleman, jdg-bugs, jdoyle, jialiu, jkurik, jpallich, jrusnack, kconner, krzysztof.daniel, lgao, lkocman, lmeyer, mfranc, myarboro, nobody+bgollahe, pcheung, pfrields, pgier, pslavice, rhq-maint, rsvoboda, soa-p-jira, spinder, theute, tkramer, ttarrant, vtunka, weli
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Hardware:	All
OS:	Linux
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Fixed In Version:	tomcat 6.0.39	Doc Type:	Bug Fix
Doc Text:	It was found that previous fixes in Tomcat 6 to path parameter handling introduced a regression that caused Tomcat to not properly disable URL rewriting to track session IDs when the disableURLRewriting option was enabled. A man-in-the-middle attacker could potentially use this flaw to hijack a user's session.	Story Points:	---
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Last Closed:	2014-05-25 23:32:50 UTC	Type:	---
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Bug Depends On:	1080306
Bug Blocks:	1069924, 1071884, 1072796

Description Vincent Danen 2014-02-25 22:37:46 UTC

Previous fixes in Tomcat 6 [1] to path parameter handling introduced a regression that meant session IDs provided in the URL were considered even when disableURLRewriting was configured to true. Note that the session is only used for that single request.

This flaw only affects Tomcat 6.0.33 up to and including 6.0.37.  Tomcat 6.0.39 corrects this issue [2].


[1] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=r1149220
[2] http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?view=revision&revision=1558822

Comment 1 Arun Babu Neelicattu 2014-03-04 05:21:48 UTC

Statement:

This issue did not affect JBoss Web, as shipped with various Red Hat JBoss products.

The disableURLRewriting property was introduced in Apache Tomcat 6.0.30. All versions of Apache Tomcat prior to 6.0.30 are not affected by this flaw, as the affected feature is not present.

Tomcat 6 as shipped with Red Hat JBoss Web Server 2.0.0 and above is affected by this flaw. Tomcat 6 as shipped with Red Hat JBoss Web Server 1.0.2 is not affected by this flaw. Tomcat 6 as shipped with Red Hat JBoss Web Server prior to 1.0.2 is not affected by this flaw, as the disableURLRewriting property is not supported. 

Tomcat 6 as shipped with Red Hat Enterprise Linux 6 is based on Apache Tomcat 6.0.24 and is not affected by this flaw, as this flaw was introduced only in Apache Tomcat 6.0.33.

External References:

https://access.redhat.com/site/solutions/88203

Comment 6 errata-xmlrpc 2014-05-21 15:46:12 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBoss Enterprise Web Server 2.0.1

Via RHSA-2014:0528 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0528.html

Comment 7 errata-xmlrpc 2014-05-21 15:48:22 UTC

This issue has been addressed in following products:

  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 5
  JBEWS 2 for RHEL 6

Via RHSA-2014:0525 https://rhn.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2014-0525.html