Alpine: multiple expat packages, libexpat: security update to 2.2.0-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400876

Description

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

- XML External Entity vulnerability in libexpat 2.2.0 and earlier (Expat XML Parser Library) allows
attackers to put the parser in an infinite loop using a malformed external entity definition from an
external DTD. (CVE-2017-9233)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400876

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: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9233

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 6/22/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/26/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9233

BID: 99276

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