Alpine: p7zip: security update to 16.02-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400921

Description

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

- A null pointer dereference bug affects the 16.02 and many old versions of p7zip. A lack of null pointer
check for the variable folders.PackPositions in function CInArchive::ReadAndDecodePackedStreams in
CPP/7zip/Archive/7z/7zIn.cpp, as used in the 7z.so library and in 7z applications, will cause a crash and
a denial of service when decoding malformed 7z files. (CVE-2016-9296)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400921

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-2016-9296

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: 11/24/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/3/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9296

BID: 94294

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