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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417770

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.44, 7.x before 7.0.55, and 8.x before 8.0.9 does not properly handle cases
 where an HTTP response occurs before finishing the reading of an entire request body, which allows remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service (thread consumption) via a series of aborted upload attempts.
 (CVE-2014-0230)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-pxcx-cxq8-4mmw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417770

Version: Revision 1.6

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0230

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:N/I:N/A:H

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: 6/24/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0230

BID: 74475

cwe: CWE-400