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Alpine: multiple sudo packages: security update to 1.9.12-r1

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 407285

Description

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

 - Sudo 1.8.0 through 1.9.12, with the crypt() password backend, contains a plugins/sudoers/auth/passwd.c
 array-out-of-bounds error that can result in a heap-based buffer over-read. This can be triggered by
 arbitrary local users with access to Sudo by entering a password of seven characters or fewer. The impact
 could vary depending on the system libraries, compiler, and processor architecture. (CVE-2022-43995)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-43995

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 407285

Version: Revision 1.29

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: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-43995

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.1

Temporal Score: 6.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/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: 11/2/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-43995