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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat.embed:tomcat-embed-websocket, org.apache.tomcat:tomcat-websocket (GHSA-v682-8vv8-vpwr)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419115

Description

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

 - Denial of Service via incomplete cleanup vulnerability in Apache Tomcat. It was possible for WebSocket
 clients to keep WebSocket connections open leading to increased resource consumption.This issue affects
 Apache Tomcat: from 11.0.0-M1 through 11.0.0-M16, from 10.1.0-M1 through 10.1.18, from 9.0.0-M1 through
 9.0.85, from 8.5.0 through 8.5.98. Older, EOL versions may also be affected. Users are recommended to
 upgrade to version 11.0.0-M17, 10.1.19, 9.0.86 or 8.5.99 which fix the issue. (CVE-2024-23672)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-v682-8vv8-vpwr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419115

Version: Revision 1.17

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: 2.8

Percentile: 22.61

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-23672

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.3

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/13/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/21/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-23672

cwe: CWE-459