Alpine: multiple libpcre16 packages, multiple pcre packages: security update to 8.36-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401144

Description

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

- Heap-based buffer overflow in PCRE 8.36 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service
(crash) or have other unspecified impact via a crafted regular expression, related to an assertion that
allows zero repeats. (CVE-2014-8964)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401144

Version: Revision 1.24

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:N/A:P

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-8964

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: 1/25/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/20/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-8964

BID: 71206

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