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Alpine: multiple nginx packages: security update to 1.24.0-r12

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424221

Description

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

 - The HTTP/2 protocol allows a denial of service (server resource consumption) because request cancellation
 can reset many streams quickly, as exploited in the wild in August through October 2023. (CVE-2023-44487)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-44487

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424221

Version: Revision 1.19

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: High

Score: 7.3

Percentile: 98.44

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44487

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 7.2

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 6.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:A

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

CISA Known Exploited Vulnerability Due Dates: 10/31/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44487

IAVA: 2023-A-0537-S