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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-6cr4-7c7p-p3xv)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411380

Description

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

 - DigestAuthenticator.java in the HTTP Digest Access Authentication implementation in Apache Tomcat 5.5.x
 before 5.5.34, 6.x before 6.0.33, and 7.x before 7.0.12 uses Catalina as the hard-coded server secret (aka
 private key), which makes it easier for remote attackers to bypass cryptographic protection mechanisms by
 leveraging knowledge of this string, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184. (CVE-2011-5064)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6cr4-7c7p-p3xv

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 411380

Version: Revision 1.4

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-5064

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

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: 9/26/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-5064

BID: 49762

cwe: CWE-321