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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-cxg2-49rq-8gcr)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 432682

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 5.5.0 through 5.5.29, 6.0.0 through 6.0.27, and 7.0.0 beta does not properly handle an
 invalid Transfer-Encoding header, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (application
 outage) or obtain sensitive information via a crafted header that interferes with "recycling of a buffer."
 (CVE-2010-2227)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-cxg2-49rq-8gcr

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 432682

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/11/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2010-2227

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/9/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-2227

BID: 41544

cwe: CWE-119