Alpine: multiple json-c packages: security update to 0.11-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401219

Description

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

- Buffer overflow in the printbuf APIs in json-c before 0.12 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service via unspecified vectors. (CVE-2013-6370)

- The hash functionality in json-c before 0.12 allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of
service (CPU consumption) via crafted JSON data, involving collisions. (CVE-2013-6371)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401219

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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-6371

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 4/18/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/19/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-6370, CVE-2013-6371

BID: 66715, 66720

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