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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-7g59-hm8v-cwmc)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 433005

Description

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

 - The doRead method in Apache Tomcat 4.1.32 through 4.1.34 and 5.5.10 through 5.5.20 does not return a -1 to
 indicate when a certain error condition has occurred, which can cause Tomcat to send POST content from one
 request to a different request. (CVE-2008-4308)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-7g59-hm8v-cwmc

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 433005

Version: Revision 1.2

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Low

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2008-4308

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:L/I:N/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/2/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/25/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2008-4308

BID: 33913

cwe: CWE-200