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Alpine: multiple musl packages: security update to 1.1.15-r4

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424186

Description

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

 - Multiple integer overflows in the TRE library and musl libc allow attackers to cause memory corruption via
 a large number of (1) states or (2) tags, which triggers an out-of-bounds write. (CVE-2016-8859)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2016-8859

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 424186

Version: Revision 1.9

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 6/18/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-8859

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 10/20/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-8859

BID: 93795