Alpine: multiple patch packages: security update to 2.7.6-r6 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400190

Description

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

- GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function
another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists
because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952. (CVE-2019-20633)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400190

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: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20633

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20633

Detections

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