Alpine: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 1.0.2-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401037

Description

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

- OpenSSL through 1.0.2h incorrectly uses pointer arithmetic for heap-buffer boundary checks, which might
allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (integer overflow and application crash) or possibly
have unspecified other impact by leveraging unexpected malloc behavior, related to s3_srvr.c, ssl_sess.c,
and t1_lib.c. (CVE-2016-2177)

- The dsa_sign_setup function in crypto/dsa/dsa_ossl.c in OpenSSL through 1.0.2h does not properly ensure
the use of constant-time operations, which makes it easier for local users to discover a DSA private key
via a timing side-channel attack. (CVE-2016-2178)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401037

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 6/23/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-2177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 6/22/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/5/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-2177, CVE-2016-2178

BID: 91081, 91319

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