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Alpine: openssh: security update to 8.4_p1-r1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406065

Description

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

 - ssh-agent in OpenSSH before 8.5 has a double free that may be relevant in a few less-common scenarios,
 such as unconstrained agent-socket access on a legacy operating system, or the forwarding of an agent to
 an attacker-controlled host. (CVE-2021-28041)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-28041

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 406065

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: 57.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-28041

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:L/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: 3/4/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-28041

IAVA: 2021-A-0121-S