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Alpine: multiple wolfssl packages: security update to 5.5.3-r0

critical Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 426824

Description

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

 - In wolfSSL before 5.5.2, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS flag), then a
 malicious TLS 1.3 client or network attacker can trigger a buffer over-read on the heap of 5 bytes.
 (WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS is only intended for debugging.) (CVE-2022-42905)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2022-42905

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 426824

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.37

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-42905

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 8.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-42905