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Alpine: openssh: security update to 7.2_p1-r2

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406042

Description

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

 - The process_open function in sftp-server.c in OpenSSH before 7.6 does not properly prevent write
 operations in readonly mode, which allows attackers to create zero-length files. (CVE-2017-15906)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-15906

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 406042

Version: Revision 1.32

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-15906

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-15906

BID: 101552