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Alpine: libbz2, multiple bzip2 packages: security update to 1.0.6-r5

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 423746

Description

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

 - Use-after-free vulnerability in bzip2recover in bzip2 1.0.6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of
 service (crash) via a crafted bzip2 file, related to block ends set to before the start of the block.
 (CVE-2016-3189)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-3189

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423746

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 5/30/2025

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-3189

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 6/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-3189

BID: 91297