SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-gvgc-rxmh-5hvw)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434506

Description

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

- The Double.parseDouble method in Java Runtime Environment (JRE) in Oracle Java SE and Java for Business 6
Update 23 and earlier, 5.0 Update 27 and earlier, and 1.4.2_29 and earlier, as used in OpenJDK, Apache,
JBossweb, and other products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted string
that triggers an infinite loop of estimations during conversion to a double-precision binary floating-
point number, as demonstrated using 2.2250738585072012e-308. (CVE-2010-4476)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-gvgc-rxmh-5hvw

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434506

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: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 97.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-4476

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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:H/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-4476

BID: 46091