Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.89-r4 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400834

Description

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

- Exim supports the use of multiple "-p" command line arguments which are malloc()'ed and never free()'ed,
used in conjunction with other issues allows attackers to cause arbitrary code execution. This affects
exim version 4.89 and earlier. Please note that at this time upstream has released a patch (commit
65e061b76867a9ea7aeeb535341b790b90ae6c21), but it is not known if a new point release is available that
addresses this issue at this time. (CVE-2017-1000369)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400834

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: 1.2

Percentile: 0.01

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000369

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4

Temporal Score: 3.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/4/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/19/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000369

BID: 99252

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