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Alpine: util-linux: security update to 2.40-r0

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408435

Description

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

 - wall in util-linux through 2.40, often installed with setgid tty permissions, allows escape sequences to
 be sent to other users' terminals through argv. (Specifically, escape sequences received from stdin are
 blocked, but escape sequences received from argv are not blocked.) There may be plausible scenarios where
 this leads to account takeover. (CVE-2024-28085)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-28085

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 408435

Version: Revision 1.13

Type: Local

Published: 5/22/2024

Updated: 1/26/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4

Percentile: 53.58

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.2

Temporal Score: 4.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-28085

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-28085