Alpine: riot-web: security update to 1.8.1-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400124

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of matrix-js-sdk (aka Matrix Javascript SDK) before
12.4.1 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver present in an encrypted room to steal room encryption keys
(via crafted Matrix protocol messages) that were originally sent by affected Matrix clients participating
in that room. This allows the homeserver to decrypt end-to-end encrypted messages sent by affected
clients. (CVE-2021-40823)

- A logic error in the room key sharing functionality of Element Android before 1.2.2 and matrix-android-
sdk2 (aka Matrix SDK for Android) before 1.2.2 allows a malicious Matrix homeserver present in an
encrypted room to steal room encryption keys (via crafted Matrix protocol messages) that were originally
sent by affected Matrix clients participating in that room. This allows the attacker to decrypt end-to-end
encrypted messages sent by affected clients. (CVE-2021-40824)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400124

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40824

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/13/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/13/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40823, CVE-2021-40824

Detections

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