Alpine: multiple libressl packages: security update to 2.5.3-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400889

Description

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

- LibreSSL 2.5.1 to 2.5.3 lacks TLS certificate verification if SSL_get_verify_result is relied upon for a
later check of a verification result, in a use case where a user-provided verification callback returns 1,
as demonstrated by acceptance of invalid certificates by nginx. (CVE-2017-8301)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400889

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: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-8301

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/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: 4/27/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-8301

BID: 98076

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