Alpine: rencode: security update to 1.0.6-r6 (deprecated)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 409869

Description

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

- The rencode package through 1.0.6 for Python allows an infinite loop in typecode decoding (such as via
;\x2f\x7f), enabling a remote attack that consumes CPU and memory. (CVE-2021-40839)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 409869

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/31/2022

Updated: 1/17/2024

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: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-40839

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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

Patch Publication Date: 10/31/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-40839

Detections

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