Alpine: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 1.1.1-r5 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400647

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- The OpenSSL DSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An
attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a
(Affected 1.1.1). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j (Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.0.2q (Affected
1.0.2-1.0.2p). (CVE-2018-0734)

- The OpenSSL ECDSA signature algorithm has been shown to be vulnerable to a timing side channel attack. An
attacker could use variations in the signing algorithm to recover the private key. Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.0j
(Affected 1.1.0-1.1.0i). Fixed in OpenSSL 1.1.1a (Affected 1.1.1). (CVE-2018-0735)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400647

Version: Revision 1.28

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-0735

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/20/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/29/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-0734, CVE-2018-0735

BID: 105750, 105758

Detections

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