Alpine: multiple libxml2 packages, multiple py3-libxml2 packages: security update to 2.7.8-r7 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401337

Description

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

- libxml2 before 2.8.0 computes hash values without restricting the ability to trigger hash collisions
predictably, which allows context-dependent attackers to cause a denial of service (CPU consumption) via
crafted XML data. (CVE-2012-0841)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401337

Version: Revision 1.29

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2012-0841

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: 2/28/2012

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/21/2012

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2012-0841

BID: 52107

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