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Alpine: multiple mbedtls2 packages: security update to 2.16.8-r0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 426901

Description

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

 - A Lucky 13 timing side channel in mbedtls_ssl_decrypt_buf in library/ssl_msg.c in Trusted Firmware Mbed
 TLS through 2.23.0 allows an attacker to recover secret key information. This affects CBC mode because of
 a computed time difference based on a padding length. (CVE-2020-16150)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-16150

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 426901

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

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: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-16150

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 9/2/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-16150