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Alpine: libproc2, multiple procps-ng packages: security update to 4.0.4-r0

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424370

Description

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

 - Under some circumstances, this weakness allows a user who has access to run the “ps” utility on a machine,
 the ability to write almost unlimited amounts of unfiltered data into the process heap. (CVE-2023-4016)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-4016

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 424370

Version: Revision 1.9

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: Low

Base Score: 1.7

Temporal Score: 1.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-4016

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.3

Temporal Score: 2.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: 8/2/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-4016

IAVA: 2023-A-0434