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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-hffm-fqv4-w27r)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 415677

Description

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

 - 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 does not check realm values, which might allow remote attackers to bypass
 intended access restrictions by leveraging the availability of a protection space with weaker
 authentication or authorization requirements, a different vulnerability than CVE-2011-1184.
 (CVE-2011-5063)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-hffm-fqv4-w27r

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 415677

Version: Revision 1.7

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-2011-5063

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-2011-5063

BID: 49762

cwe: CWE-287