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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-6qr6-x7jm-x2q6)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411593

Description

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

 - Directory traversal vulnerability in RequestUtil.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.45, 7.x before
 7.0.65, and 8.x before 8.0.27 allows remote authenticated users to bypass intended SecurityManager
 restrictions and list a parent directory via a /.. (slash dot dot) in a pathname used by a web application
 in a getResource, getResourceAsStream, or getResourcePaths call, as demonstrated by the
 $CATALINA_BASE/webapps directory. (CVE-2015-5174)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6qr6-x7jm-x2q6

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411593

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5174

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/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: 10/1/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5174

BID: 83329

cwe: CWE-22