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Alpine: ppp: security update to 2.4.9-r1
medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 406572
Description
There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:- A vulnerability classified as problematic has been found in ppp. Affected is the function dumpppp of the
file pppdump/pppdump.c of the component pppdump. The manipulation of the argument spkt.buf/rpkt.buf leads
to improper validation of array index. The real existence of this vulnerability is still doubted at the
moment. The name of the patch is a75fb7b198eed50d769c80c36629f38346882cbf. It is recommended to apply a
patch to fix this issue. VDB-216198 is the identifier assigned to this vulnerability. NOTE: pppdump is not
used in normal process of setting up a PPP connection, is not installed setuid-root, and is not invoked
automatically in any scenario. (CVE-2022-4603)
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Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 406572
Version: Revision 1.36
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: High
Base Score: 7.8
Temporal Score: 5.8
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-4603
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.5
Temporal Score: 5.7
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 12/18/2022
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2022-4603