SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-3gv7-3h64-78cm)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409527

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- A bug in the handling of the pipelined requests in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M18, 8.5.0 to 8.5.12,
8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.42, 7.0.0 to 7.0.76, and 6.0.0 to 6.0.52, when send file was used, results in the
pipelined request being lost when send file processing of the previous request completed. This could
result in responses appearing to be sent for the wrong request. For example, a user agent that sent
requests A, B and C could see the correct response for request A, the response for request C for request B
and no response for request C. (CVE-2017-5647)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-3gv7-3h64-78cm

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409527

Version: Revision 1.10

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5647

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/2/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5647

cwe: CWE-200