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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-wxcp-f2c8-x6xv)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 420180

Description

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

 - The Realm implementations in Apache Tomcat versions 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 process the supplied password if the supplied user
 name did not exist. This made a timing attack possible to determine valid user names. Note that the
 default configuration includes the LockOutRealm which makes exploitation of this vulnerability harder.
 (CVE-2016-0762)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wxcp-f2c8-x6xv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420180

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 6/22/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-0762

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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-2016-0762

BID: 93939

cwe: CWE-203