Alpine: multiple bzip2 packages, libbz2: security update to 1.0.6-r4 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 400972

Description

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

- Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.
(CVE-2016-3189)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400972

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 2/5/2024

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 9/26/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3189

BID: 91297

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