Alpine: multiple ppp packages: security update to 2.4.9-r5 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400043

Description

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

- A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ppp. Affected is the function dumpppp of the
file pppdump/pppdump.c of the component pppdump. The manipulation of the argument spkt.buf/rpkt.buf leads
to improper validation of array index. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the
moment. The name of the patch is a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf. It is recommended to apply a
patch to fix this issue. VDB-216198 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: pppdump is not
used in normal process of setting up a PPP connection, is not installed setuid-root, and is not invoked
automatically in any scenario. (CVE-2022-4603)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400043

Version: Revision 1.34

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 1/15/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4603

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 1/15/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/18/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-4603

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