Alpine: ${pkgname#py-}: security update to 1.5.2-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400957

Description

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

- HKDF in cryptography before 1.5.2 returns an empty byte-string if used with a length less than
algorithm.digest_size. (CVE-2016-9243)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400957

Version: Revision 1.26

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:N/I:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9243

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: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: 12/1/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9243

BID: 94216

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