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Alpine: multiple varnish packages: security update to 7.2.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 424645

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

 - An issue was discovered in Varnish Cache 7.x before 7.1.2 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. A request smuggling
 attack can be performed on Varnish Cache servers by requesting that certain headers are made hop-by-hop,
 preventing the Varnish Cache servers from forwarding critical headers to the backend. (CVE-2022-45059)

 - An HTTP Request Forgery issue was discovered in Varnish Cache 5.x and 6.x before 6.0.11, 7.x before 7.1.2,
 and 7.2.x before 7.2.1. An attacker may introduce characters through HTTP/2 pseudo-headers that are
 invalid in the context of an HTTP/1 request line, causing the Varnish server to produce invalid HTTP/1
 requests to the backend. This could, in turn, be used to exploit vulnerabilities in a server behind the
 Varnish server. Note: the 6.0.x LTS series (before 6.0.11) is affected. (CVE-2022-45060)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-45059

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-45060

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424645

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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-45060

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:H/A:N

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/9/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-45059, CVE-2022-45060