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SCA: security update for org.apache.zookeeper:zookeeper (GHSA-7cwj-j333-x7f7)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 412007

Description

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

 - Two four letter word commands "wchp/wchc" are CPU intensive and could cause spike of CPU utilization on
 Apache ZooKeeper server if abused, which leads to the server unable to serve legitimate client requests.
 Apache ZooKeeper thru version 3.4.9 and 3.5.2 suffer from this issue, fixed in 3.4.10, 3.5.3, and later.
 (CVE-2017-5637)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7cwj-j333-x7f7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412007

Version: Revision 1.3

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: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 95.09

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-5637

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-5637

BID: 98814

cwe: CWE-400