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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-coyote (GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412116

Description

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

 - Allocation of Resources Without Limits or Throttling vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. This issue affects
 Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M20, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.24, from 9.0.13 through
 9.0.89. The following versions were EOL at the time the CVE was created but are known to be affected:
 8.5.35 through 8.5.100 and 7.0.92 through 7.0.109. Other EOL versions may also be affected. Users are
 recommended to upgrade to version 11.0.0-M21, 10.1.25, or 9.0.90, which fixes the issue. Apache Tomcat,
 under certain configurations on any platform, allows an attacker to cause an OutOfMemoryError by abusing
 the TLS handshake process. (CVE-2024-38286)

Solution

Update the org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-core library and its related packages to version 10.1.25 or later.

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7jqf-v358-p8g7

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412116

Version: Revision 1.16

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.66

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-38286

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.7

Threat Score: 4.4

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:H

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/7/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-38286

cwe: CWE-770