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SCA: security update for org.geoserver.web:gs-web-app, org.geoserver:gs-main (GHSA-8hmh-mhqv-7638)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433071

Description

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

 - PartialBufferOutputStream2 in GeoServer before 1.6.1 and 1.7.0-beta1 attempts to flush buffer contents
 even when it is handling an "in memory buffer," which prevents the reporting of a service exception, with
 unknown impact and attack vectors. (CVE-2008-7227)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8hmh-mhqv-7638

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 433071

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/12/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

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-2008-7227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-7227

BID: 84413

cwe: CWE-119