Alpine: multiple confuse packages: security update to 3.2.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400640

Description

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

- trim_whitespace in lexer.l in libConfuse v3.2.1 has an out-of-bounds read. (CVE-2018-14447)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400640

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14447

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/27/2018

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/20/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14447

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