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Alpine: htop: security update to 3.5.3-r0

high Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 445998

Description

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

 - An issue in htop-dev htop v.2.20 allows a local attacker to cause an out-of-bounds access in the
 Header_populateFromSettings function. (CVE-2024-37676)

Solution

Update the htop library and its related packages to version 3.5.3-r0 or later.

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-37676

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 445998

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 8/17/2026

Updated: 8/17/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.13

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.6

Temporal Score: 2.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-37676

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.4

Temporal Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/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: 6/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-37676