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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-698c-2x4j-g9gq)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411333

Description

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

 - The HTTP/2 header parser in Apache Tomcat 9.0.0.M1 to 9.0.0.M11 and 8.5.0 to 8.5.6 entered an infinite
 loop if a header was received that was larger than the available buffer. This made a denial of service
 attack possible. (CVE-2016-6817)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-698c-2x4j-g9gq

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411333

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

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-2016-6817

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6817

BID: 94462