Alpine: multiple xen packages: security update to 4.1.2-r4 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401298

Description

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

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the process_tx_desc function in the e1000 emulation (hw/e1000.c) in qemu-kvm
0.12, and possibly other versions, allows guest OS users to cause a denial of service (QEMU crash) and
possibly execute arbitrary code via crafted legacy mode packets. (CVE-2012-0029)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401298

Version: Revision 1.28

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: 7.4

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0029

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:H/PR:L/UI:N/S:C/C:N/I:H/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: 2/23/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/23/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0029

BID: 51642

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