Alpine: multiple shadow packages: security update to 4.2.1-r6 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400910

Description

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

- Integer overflow in shadow 4.2.1 allows local users to gain privileges via crafted input to newuidmap.
(CVE-2016-6252)

- A race condition was found in util-linux before 2.32.1 in the way su handled the management of child
processes. A local authenticated attacker could use this flaw to kill other processes with root privileges
under specific conditions. (CVE-2017-2616)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400910

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-6252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 2/26/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/19/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-6252, CVE-2017-2616

BID: 92055, 96404

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