Alpine: libxfont: security update to 1.5.3-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400789

Description

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

- In libXfont before 1.5.4 and libXfont2 before 2.0.3, a local attacker can open (but not read) files on the
system as root, triggering tape rewinds, watchdogs, or similar mechanisms that can be triggered by opening
files. (CVE-2017-16611)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400789

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: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-16611

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/29/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/1/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-16611

Detections

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