Alpine: multiple wpa_supplicant packages: security update to 2.3-r1 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401158

Description

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

- Heap-based buffer overflow in wpa_supplicant 1.0 through 2.4 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash), read memory, or possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted SSID information in a
management frame when creating or updating P2P entries. (CVE-2015-1863)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401158

Version: Revision 1.25

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: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1863

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 5/19/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-1863

BID: 74296

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