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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-9737-qmgc-hfr9)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 413091

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 4.1.0 through 4.1.39, 5.5.0 through 5.5.27, 6.0.0 through 6.0.18, and possibly earlier
 versions normalizes the target pathname before filtering the query string when using the RequestDispatcher
 method, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended access restrictions and conduct directory
 traversal attacks via .. (dot dot) sequences and the WEB-INF directory in a Request. (CVE-2008-5515)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-9737-qmgc-hfr9

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 413091

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: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-5515

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/8/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-5515

BID: 35263

cwe: CWE-22