Alpine: multiple hivex packages: security update to 1.3.19-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400216

Description

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

- A flaw was found in the hivex library in versions before 1.3.20. It is caused due to a lack of bounds
check within the hivex_open function. An attacker could input a specially crafted Windows Registry (hive)
file which would cause hivex to read memory beyond its normal bounds or cause the program to crash. The
highest threat from this vulnerability is to system availability. (CVE-2021-3504)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400216

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: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3504

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/20/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3504

Detections

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