Alpine: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 1.0.1-r0 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401295

Description

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

- The asn1_d2i_read_bio function in crypto/asn1/a_d2i_fp.c in OpenSSL before 0.9.8v, 1.0.0 before 1.0.0i,
and 1.0.1 before 1.0.1a does not properly interpret integer data, which allows remote attackers to conduct
buffer overflow attacks, and cause a denial of service (memory corruption) or possibly have unspecified
other impact, via crafted DER data, as demonstrated by an X.509 certificate or an RSA public key.
(CVE-2012-2110)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401295

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: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-2110

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: 4/23/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/19/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-2110

BID: 53158

IAVA: 2012-A-0070-S

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