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Alpine: multiple pgbouncer packages: security update to 1.16.1-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 427401

Description

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

 - When PgBouncer is configured to use "cert" authentication, a man-in-the-middle attacker can inject
 arbitrary SQL queries when a connection is first established, despite the use of TLS certificate
 verification and encryption. This flaw affects PgBouncer versions prior to 1.16.1. (CVE-2021-3935)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-3935

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 427401

Version: Revision 1.5

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 1/27/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.1

Temporal Score: 3.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-3935

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Temporal Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 11/9/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-3935