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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core (GHSA-q4hg-rmq2-52q9)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 422899
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The fix for CVE-2019-0199 was incomplete and did not address HTTP/2 connection window exhaustion on write
in Apache Tomcat versions 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.19 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.40 . By not sending WINDOW_UPDATE messages
for the connection window (stream 0) clients were able to cause server-side threads to block eventually
leading to thread exhaustion and a DoS. (CVE-2019-10072)
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Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 422899
Version: Revision 1.3
Type: Local
Family: SCA Checks
Published: 3/29/2025
Updated: 1/28/2026
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:N/I:N/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-10072
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: 6/26/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/13/2019
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2019-10072
BID: 108874
cwe: CWE-667