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Alpine: multiple nodejs-current packages: security update to 15.3.0-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 405842

Description

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

 - A Node.js application that allows an attacker to trigger a DNS request for a host of their choice could
 trigger a Denial of Service in versions < 15.2.1, < 14.15.1, and < 12.19.1 by getting the application to
 resolve a DNS record with a larger number of responses. This is fixed in 15.2.1, 14.15.1, and 12.19.1.
 (CVE-2020-8277)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8277

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 405842

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8277

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/16/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8277