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Alpine: apk-tools: security update to 2.7.2-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 403561

Description

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

 - A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of
 service, or achieve code execution by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file. (CVE-2017-9669)

 - A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of
 service, or achieve code execution, by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file with a bad pax header
 block. (CVE-2017-9671)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9669

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-9671

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 403561

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

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: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-9671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9669, CVE-2017-9671

BID: 99340