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Alpine: multiple tcpdump packages: security update to 4.9.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424591

Description

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

 - tcpdump 4.9.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (heap-based buffer over-read and
 application crash) via crafted packet data. The crash occurs in the EXTRACT_16BITS function, called from
 the stp_print function for the Spanning Tree Protocol. (CVE-2017-11108)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-11108

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424591

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-11108

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/8/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-11108

BID: 99938