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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 417943

Description

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

 - The ResourceLinkFactory implementation in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M9, 8.5.0 to 8.5.4, 8.0.0.RC1 to
 8.0.36, 7.0.0 to 7.0.70 and 6.0.0 to 6.0.45 did not limit web application access to global JNDI resources
 to those resources explicitly linked to the web application. Therefore, it was possible for a web
 application to access any global JNDI resource whether an explicit ResourceLink had been configured or
 not. (CVE-2016-6797)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-q6x7-f33r-3wxx

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 417943

Version: Revision 1.7

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6797

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:H/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: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6797

BID: 93940

cwe: CWE-863