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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-wq2p-q66w-q8gp)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434468

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat before 6.0.39, 7.x before 7.0.50, and 8.x before 8.0.0-RC10 processes chunked transfer
 coding without properly handling (1) a large total amount of chunked data or (2) whitespace characters in
 an HTTP header value within a trailer field, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service by
 streaming data. NOTE: this vulnerability exists because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2012-3544.
 (CVE-2013-4322)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wq2p-q66w-q8gp

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 434468

Version: Revision 1.6

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: 3.9

Percentile: 52.56

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-4322

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4322

BID: 65767

cwe: CWE-400