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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-r7c8-hghc-2mp8)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 418560

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.x before 7.0.17 permits web applications to replace an XML parser used for other web
 applications, which allows local users to read or modify the (1) web.xml, (2) context.xml, or (3) tld
 files of arbitrary web applications via a crafted application that is loaded earlier than the target
 application. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of a CVE-2009-0783 regression. (CVE-2011-2481)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-r7c8-hghc-2mp8

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 418560

Version: Revision 1.5

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.22

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-2481

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/15/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2481

BID: 49147

cwe: CWE-200