Alpine: multiple dwarf-tools packages, multiple libdwarf packages: security update to 0.6.0-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424046

Description

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

- dwarf_leb.c in libdwarf allows attackers to cause a denial of service (SIGSEGV). (CVE-2015-8538)

- dwarf_elf_load_headers.c in libdwarf before 2019-07-05 allows attackers to cause a denial of service
(division by zero) via an ELF file with a zero-size section group (SHT_GROUP), as demonstrated by
dwarfdump. (CVE-2019-14249)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424046

Version: Revision 1.8

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

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: 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-2019-14249

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: 6/7/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-8538, CVE-2019-14249

BID: 109380

Detections

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