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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-wph7-x527-w3h5)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420039

Description

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

 - The fix for bug 63362 present in Apache Tomcat 10.1.0-M1 to 10.1.0-M5, 10.0.0-M1 to 10.0.11, 9.0.40 to
 9.0.53 and 8.5.60 to 8.5.71 introduced a memory leak. The object introduced to collect metrics for HTTP
 upgrade connections was not released for WebSocket connections once the connection was closed. This
 created a memory leak that, over time, could lead to a denial of service via an OutOfMemoryError.
 (CVE-2021-42340)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wph7-x527-w3h5

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 420039

Version: Revision 1.4

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

Percentile: 23.69

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-42340

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 10/15/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-42340

cwe: CWE-772