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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-xmf4-j3j7-xj7q)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 433599

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 4.0.3, and possibly other versions before 4.1.3 beta, allows remote attackers to cause a
 denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a large number of requests to the server with null characters,
 which causes the working threads to hang. (CVE-2002-0935)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-xmf4-j3j7-xj7q

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 433599

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: 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-2002-0935

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: 4/30/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/4/2002

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2002-0935

cwe: CWE-400