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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-f7w7-6pjc-wwm6)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 432132

Description

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

 - The TLS protocol, and the SSL protocol 3.0 and possibly earlier, as used in Microsoft Internet Information
 Services (IIS) 7.0, mod_ssl in the Apache HTTP Server 2.2.14 and earlier, OpenSSL before 0.9.8l, GnuTLS
 2.8.5 and earlier, Mozilla Network Security Services (NSS) 3.12.4 and earlier, multiple Cisco products,
 and other products, does not properly associate renegotiation handshakes with an existing connection,
 which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to insert data into HTTPS sessions, and possibly other types of
 sessions protected by TLS or SSL, by sending an unauthenticated request that is processed retroactively by
 a server in a post-renegotiation context, related to a "plaintext injection" attack, aka the "Project
 Mogul" issue. (CVE-2009-3555)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-f7w7-6pjc-wwm6

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 432132

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/7/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.7

Percentile: 99.19

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2009-3555

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-3555

BID: 36935

cwe: CWE-295