SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-73rx-3f9r-x949)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 411779

Description

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

- The CORS Filter in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M21, 8.5.0 to 8.5.15, 8.0.0.RC1 to 8.0.44 and 7.0.41 to
7.0.78 did not add an HTTP Vary header indicating that the response varies depending on Origin. This
permitted client and server side cache poisoning in some circumstances. (CVE-2017-7674)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-73rx-3f9r-x949

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411779

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 8/11/2025

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7674

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/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: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7674

BID: 100280

cwe: CWE-345