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Alpine: multiple libx11 packages: security update to 1.6.10-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424085

Description

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

 - An integer overflow leading to a heap-buffer overflow was found in The X Input Method (XIM) client was
 implemented in libX11 before version 1.6.10. As per upstream this is security relevant when setuid
 programs call XIM client functions while running with elevated privileges. No such programs are shipped
 with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. (CVE-2020-14344)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-14344

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424085

Version: Revision 1.10

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: 57.27

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-14344

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.7

Temporal Score: 5.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/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: 8/5/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-14344