Alpine: multiple libcaca packages: security update to 0.99-r4 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409774

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A flaw was found in libcaca v0.99.beta19. A buffer overflow issue in caca_resize function in
libcaca/caca/canvas.c may lead to local execution of arbitrary code in the user context. (CVE-2021-3410)

- A flaw was found in libcaca. A heap buffer overflow in export.c in function export_tga might lead to
memory corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2021-30498)

- A flaw was found in libcaca. A buffer overflow of export.c in function export_troff might lead to memory
corruption and other potential consequences. (CVE-2021-30499)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=24116050273b0eafb51ef042f4eeff2b290b08cc

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=27297006d0b3aff41c2ea7af2012793fcbc4bf95

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409774

Version: Revision 1.26

Type: Local

Published: 10/5/2022

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: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-30499

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3410

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/29/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/23/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-30498, CVE-2021-30499, CVE-2021-3410