Detections
Analytics
Alpine: multiple dnsdist packages: security update to 1.8.1-r0 (deprecated)
high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 401388
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation
can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)
See Also
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=05a504a787085c8ac9e032c90b253740671dca42
https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=b50ce7ad42a47b22b1d00b394a794c89d0d4aae4
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 401388
Version: Revision 1.58
Type: Local
Published: 10/11/2023
Updated: 7/10/2026
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.3
Percentile: 98.44
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 6.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 7.2
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:H/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 10/11/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-44487