Alpine: multiple jq packages: security update to 1.5-r5 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400700

Description

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

- The jv_dump_term function in jq 1.5 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack
consumption and application crash) via a crafted JSON file. This issue has been fixed in jq 1.6_rc1-r0.
(CVE-2016-4074)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400700

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-4074

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/17/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-4074

BID: 87500

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