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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-v6c7-8qx5-8gmp)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 419119

Description

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

 - The readObject method in the DiskFileItem class in Apache Tomcat and JBoss Web, as used in Red Hat JBoss
 Enterprise Application Platform 6.1.0 and Red Hat JBoss Portal 6.0.0, allows remote attackers to write to
 arbitrary files via a NULL byte in a file name in a serialized instance, a similar issue to CVE-2013-2186.
 NOTE: this issue is reportedly disputed by the Apache Tomcat team, although Red Hat considers it a
 vulnerability. The dispute appears to regard whether it is the responsibility of applications to avoid
 providing untrusted data to be deserialized, or whether this class should inherently protect against this
 issue (CVE-2013-2185)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v6c7-8qx5-8gmp

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 419119

Version: Revision 1.11

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: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-2185

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/3/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-2185

BID: 62156

cwe: CWE-502