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SCA: security update for org.apache.geode:geode-core (GHSA-vh98-fqfc-4hj3)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 419354

Description

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

 - When an Apache Geode cluster before v1.2.1 is operating in secure mode, an unauthenticated client can
 enter multi-user authentication mode and send metadata messages. These metadata operations could leak
 information about application data types. In addition, an attacker could perform a denial of service
 attack on the cluster. (CVE-2017-9797)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-vh98-fqfc-4hj3

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 419354

Version: Revision 1.3

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: 3.5

Percentile: 51.65

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9797

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/13/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9797

BID: 101570

cwe: CWE-200