Alpine: multiple libxml2 packages, multiple py3-libxml2 packages: security update to 2.7.8-r5 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401252

Description

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

- Integer overflow in xpath.c in libxml2 2.6.x through 2.6.32 and 2.7.x through 2.7.8, and libxml 1.8.16 and
earlier, allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute
arbitrary code via a crafted XML file that triggers a heap-based buffer overflow when adding a new
namespace node, related to handling of XPath expressions. (CVE-2011-1944)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401252

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.3

Temporal Score: 7.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2011-1944

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/12/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/31/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-1944

BID: 48056

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