Re: Cookie handling issue (bug?) in Tomcat 5.5.26

> Hi,
>  
> I've just tried running Tomcat 5.5.26 and I've noticed a problem with
> Cookie handling (though I'm not sure on which side it should be
> corrected).
>  
> In our application we use cookies containing '=' (equals) characters in
> values - this used to work until now, but fails on 5.5.26.
> I've ran a little investigation and it appears that setting cookie with
> = chars in value works fine (cookie is set properly with full value),
> but when obtaining the cookie value later (via request.getCookies()...
> getValue() sequence), the returned cookie value is truncated at the
> first = character inside.
>  
> I.e. if I set the cookie "tmp" with value "a=b", I can see on HTTP
> monitor that cookie was properly sent to browser, and again to server in
> following request (with full "a=b" value) - but the getValue() method
> returns "a" instead.
>  
> Since the addCookie() works (and sets the value without complaining),
> the latter truncation in get Value() looks like a bug in cookie parser.
> Can anyone confirm this?
>  
> Kind regards,
>  
> Blazej Marcinek
>
>  
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