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Alpine: multiple libtasn1 packages: security update to 4.20.0-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424076

Description

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

 - A flaw in libtasn1 causes inefficient handling of specific certificate data. When processing a large
 number of elements in a certificate, libtasn1 takes much longer than expected, which can slow down or even
 crash the system. This flaw allows an attacker to send a specially crafted certificate, causing a denial
 of service attack. (CVE-2024-12133)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-12133

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424076

Version: Revision 1.12

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: Low

Score: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-12133

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.6

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-12133

IAVA: 2025-A-0096