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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-catalina, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-jasper (GHSA-prc3-7f44-w48j)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 417682

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat before 6.0.40, 7.x before 7.0.54, and 8.x before 8.0.6 does not properly constrain the class
 loader that accesses the XML parser used with an XSLT stylesheet, which allows remote attackers to (1)
 read arbitrary files via a crafted web application that provides an XML external entity declaration in
 conjunction with an entity reference, related to an XML External Entity (XXE) issue, or (2) read files
 associated with different web applications on a single Tomcat instance via a crafted web application.
 (CVE-2014-0119)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-prc3-7f44-w48j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 417682

Version: Revision 1.8

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-2014-0119

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: 5/21/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0119

BID: 67669

cwe: CWE-112