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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-cww4-vj5r-rx57)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 414151

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 6.0.0 through 6.0.14, 5.5.0 through 5.5.25, and 4.1.0 through 4.1.36 does not properly
 handle (1) double quote (") characters or (2) %5C (encoded backslash) sequences in a cookie value, which
 might cause sensitive information such as session IDs to be leaked to remote attackers and enable session
 hijacking attacks. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2007-3385. (CVE-2007-5333)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cww4-vj5r-rx57

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 414151

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2007-5333

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/1/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/9/2008

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2007-5333

BID: 27706

cwe: CWE-200