Alpine: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 1.1.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400440

Description

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

- Server or client applications that call the SSL_check_chain() function during or after a TLS 1.3 handshake
may crash due to a NULL pointer dereference as a result of incorrect handling of the
"signature_algorithms_cert" TLS extension. The crash occurs if an invalid or unrecognised signature
algorithm is received from the peer. This could be exploited by a malicious peer in a Denial of Service
attack. OpenSSL version 1.1.1d, 1.1.1e, and 1.1.1f are affected by this issue. This issue did not affect
OpenSSL versions prior to 1.1.1d. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1g (Affected 1.1.1d-1.1.1f). (CVE-2020-1967)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400440

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: 23.94

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 4.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-1967

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-1967

IAVA: 2020-A-0186-S

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