Alpine: multiple patch packages: security update to 2.7.6-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400768

Description

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

- An issue was discovered in GNU patch through 2.7.6. There is a segmentation fault, associated with a NULL
pointer dereference, leading to a denial of service in the intuit_diff_type function in pch.c, aka a
"mangled rename" issue. (CVE-2018-6951)

- A double free exists in the another_hunk function in pch.c in GNU patch through 2.7.6. (CVE-2018-6952)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400768

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-6952

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: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: 2/28/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/3/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-6951, CVE-2018-6952

BID: 103044, 103047

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