SCA: security update for asterix_decoder (GHSA-6mmf-v5q7-vw2w)

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 434450

Description

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

- Croatia Control Asterix 2.8.1 has a heap-based buffer over-read, with additional details to be disclosed
at a later date. (CVE-2021-44144)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-6mmf-v5q7-vw2w

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 434450

Version: Revision 1.2

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/19/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

Vendor

Vendor Severity: High

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-44144

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.7

Threat Score: 6.6

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:N/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/24/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/22/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-44144

cwe: CWE-125