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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-jgm2-m5cg-f66g)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 416357

Description

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

 - org/apache/catalina/realm/RealmBase.java in Apache Tomcat 6.x before 6.0.36 and 7.x before 7.0.30, when
 FORM authentication is used, allows remote attackers to bypass security-constraint checks by leveraging a
 previous setUserPrincipal call and then placing /j_security_check at the end of a URI. (CVE-2012-3546)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-jgm2-m5cg-f66g

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 416357

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-3546

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:N/I:L/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: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-3546

BID: 56812

cwe: CWE-287