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Alpine: multiple gnuchess packages: security update to 6.2.9-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 404693

Description

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

 - GNU Chess 6.2.7 allows attackers to execute arbitrary code via crafted PGN (Portable Game Notation) data.
 This is related to a buffer overflow in the use of a .tmp.epd temporary file in the cmd_pgnload and
 cmd_pgnreplay functions in frontend/cmd.cc. (CVE-2021-30184)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-30184

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 404693

Version: Revision 1.27

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-2021-30184

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: 4/7/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30184