Alpine: multiple hostapd packages: security update to 1.0-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401328

Description

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

- Heap-based buffer overflow in the eap_server_tls_process_fragment function in eap_server_tls_common.c in
the EAP authentication server in hostapd 0.6 through 1.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
service (crash or abort) via a small "TLS Message Length" value in an EAP-TLS message with the "More
Fragments" flag set. (CVE-2012-4445)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401328

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-4445

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:N/I:N/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: 11/6/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/8/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-4445

BID: 55826

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