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Alpine: multiple icecast packages: security update to 2.4.4-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424006

Description

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

 - A buffer overflow was discovered in the URL-authentication backend of the Icecast before 2.4.4. If the
 backend is enabled, then any malicious HTTP client can send a request for that specific resource including
 a crafted header, leading to denial of service and potentially remote code execution. (CVE-2018-18820)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-18820

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424006

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

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

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-18820

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 11/2/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-18820