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Alpine: libuv: security update to 1.38.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405346

Description

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

 - The implementation of realpath in libuv < 10.22.1, < 12.18.4, and < 14.9.0 used within Node.js incorrectly
 determined the buffer size which can result in a buffer overflow if the resolved path is longer than 256
 bytes. (CVE-2020-8252)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8252

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405346

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: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8252

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/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: 9/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8252