Alpine: multiple chrony packages: security update to 2.2-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401002

Description

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

- chrony before 1.31.2 and 2.x before 2.2.1 do not verify peer associations of symmetric keys when
authenticating packets, which might allow remote attackers to conduct impersonation attacks via an
arbitrary trusted key, aka a "skeleton key." (CVE-2016-1567)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401002

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: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-1567

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 2/3/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-1567

BID: 82900

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