Alpine: multiple libmspack packages: security update to 0.5-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400827

Description

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

- mspack/lzxd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2, allows remote attackers to cause a denial
of service (heap-based buffer overflow and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact
via a crafted CHM file. (CVE-2017-6419)

- The cabd_read_string function in mspack/cabd.c in libmspack 0.5alpha, as used in ClamAV 0.99.2 and other
products, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack-based buffer over-read and
application crash) via a crafted CAB file. (CVE-2017-11423)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400827

Version: Revision 1.24

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-6419

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 8/28/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/18/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11423, CVE-2017-6419

Detections

Analytics