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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina (GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 412813

Description

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

 - When using a VirtualDirContext with Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 to 7.0.80 it was possible to bypass security
 constraints and/or view the source code of JSPs for resources served by the VirtualDirContext using a
 specially crafted request. (CVE-2017-12616)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-8qq4-8jvq-mfw4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 412813

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-12616

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:F/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/19/2017

Exploitable With

Elliot (Apache Tomcat VirtualDirContext Class File Handling Remote JSP Source Code Disclosure)

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-12616

BID: 100897

cwe: CWE-200