Alpine: multiple dpkg packages: security update to 1.16.12-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401214

Description

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

- Directory traversal vulnerability in the unpacking functionality in dpkg before 1.15.9, 1.16.x before
1.16.13, and 1.17.x before 1.17.8 allows remote attackers to write arbitrary files via a crafted source
package, related to "C-style filename quoting." (CVE-2014-0471)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401214

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/6/2026

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:P/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-0471

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/21/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0471

BID: 67106

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