Alpine: multiple cabextract packages: security update to 1.7-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400600

Description

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

- In mspack/cab.h in libmspack before 0.8alpha and cabextract before 1.8, the CAB block input buffer is one
byte too small for the maximal Quantum block, leading to an out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2018-18584)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400600

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:N/I:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18584

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 11/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/23/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18584

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