Alpine: multiple ntfs-3g packages: security update to 2017.3.23-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400397

Description

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

- An integer underflow issue exists in ntfs-3g 2017.3.23. A local attacker could potentially exploit this by
running /bin/ntfs-3g with specially crafted arguments from a specially crafted directory to cause a heap
buffer overflow, resulting in a crash or the ability to execute arbitrary code. In installations where
/bin/ntfs-3g is a setuid-root binary, this could lead to a local escalation of privileges. (CVE-2019-9755)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400397

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-9755

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7

Temporal Score: 6.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 4/25/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/29/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-9755

Detections

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