Alpine: multiple py3-vici packages, multiple strongswan packages: security update to 5.6.1-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400716

Description

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

- The rsa_pss_params_parse function in libstrongswan/credentials/keys/signature_params.c in strongSwan 5.6.1
allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a crafted RSASSA-PSS signature that lacks a mask
generation function parameter. (CVE-2018-6459)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400716

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6459

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/22/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6459

Detections

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