Alpine: multiple libxpm packages: security update to 3.5.16-r1 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401376

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A vulnerability was found in libXpm due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer()
function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents
of memory on the system. (CVE-2023-43788)

- A vulnerability was found in libXpm where a vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition, a local user
can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system. (CVE-2023-43789)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 401376

Version: Revision 1.41

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/5/2023

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: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789

Detections

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