Alpine: multiple patch packages: security update to 2.7.6-r4 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400463

Description

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

- In GNU patch through 2.7.6, the following of symlinks is mishandled in certain cases other than input
files. This affects inp.c and util.c. (CVE-2019-13636)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400463

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

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: Medium

Base Score: 5.8

Temporal Score: 4.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-13636

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/23/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/17/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-13636

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