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Alpine: multiple exiv2 packages: security update to 0.27.4-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404259

Description

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

 - Exiv2 is a command-line utility and C++ library for reading, writing, deleting, and modifying the metadata
 of image files. A heap buffer overflow was found in Exiv2 versions v0.27.3 and earlier. The heap overflow
 is triggered when Exiv2 is used to write metadata into a crafted image file. An attacker could potentially
 exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim into running Exiv2 on a
 crafted image file. Note that this bug is only triggered when writing the metadata, which is a less
 frequently used Exiv2 operation than reading the metadata. For example, to trigger the bug in the Exiv2
 command-line application, you need to add an extra command-line argument such as `insert`. The bug is
 fixed in version v0.27.4. (CVE-2021-29464)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-29464

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404259

Version: Revision 1.33

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: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-29464

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/30/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-29464