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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-59g9-7gfx-c72p)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 410729

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 8.5.0 to 8.5.63, 9.0.0-M1 to 9.0.43 and 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.2 did not properly validate
 incoming TLS packets. When Tomcat was configured to use NIO+OpenSSL or NIO2+OpenSSL for TLS, a specially
 crafted packet could be used to trigger an infinite loop resulting in a denial of service.
 (CVE-2021-41079)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-59g9-7gfx-c72p

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 410729

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-41079

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: 9/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-41079