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Alpine: expat: security update to 2.6.4-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 408544

Description

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

 - An issue was discovered in libexpat before 2.6.4. There is a crash within the XML_ResumeParser function
 because XML_StopParser can stop/suspend an unstarted parser. (CVE-2024-50602)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-50602

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408544

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 11/8/2024

Updated: 10/17/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-50602

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/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: 10/27/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-50602

IAVA: 2024-A-0694