Alpine: multiple c-ares packages: security update to 1.12.0-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400862

Description

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

- The c-ares function `ares_parse_naptr_reply()`, which is used for parsing NAPTR responses, could be
triggered to read memory outside of the given input buffer if the passed in DNS response packet was
crafted in a particular way. (CVE-2017-1000381)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400862

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000381

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:H/I:N/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: 6/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000381

BID: 99148

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