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SCA: security update for org.apache.tomcat:tomcat (GHSA-43v2-6grp-9pp9)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434550

Description

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

 - Apache Tomcat 7.0.0 through 7.0.6 and 6.0.0 through 6.0.30 does not enforce the maxHttpHeaderSize limit
 for requests involving the NIO HTTP connector, which allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
 (OutOfMemoryError) via a crafted request. (CVE-2011-0534)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-43v2-6grp-9pp9

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434550

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

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-2011-0534

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: 5/14/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-0534

BID: 46164