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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-wr3m-gw98-mc3j)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 420088

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat before 5.5.35, 6.x before 6.0.35, and 7.x before 7.0.23 computes hash values for form
 parameters without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions predictably, which allows remote
 attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) by sending many crafted parameters.
 (CVE-2011-4858)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-wr3m-gw98-mc3j

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 420088

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-4858

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/29/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-4858

BID: 51200

cwe: CWE-20