Alpine: multiple dnsmasq packages: security update to 2.78-r2 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400704

Description

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

- A vulnerability was found in the implementation of DNSSEC in Dnsmasq up to and including 2.78. Wildcard
synthesized NSEC records could be improperly interpreted to prove the non-existence of hostnames that
actually exist. (CVE-2017-15107)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400704

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: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15107

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 4/3/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/19/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15107

BID: 102812

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