Alpine: multiple apk-tools packages, lua5.3-apk: security update to 2.7.1-r1 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400861

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities referenced in the following CVEs:

- A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of
service, or achieve code execution by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file. (CVE-2017-9669)

- A heap overflow in apk (Alpine Linux's package manager) allows a remote attacker to cause a denial of
service, or achieve code execution, by crafting a malicious APKINDEX.tar.gz file with a bad pax header
block. (CVE-2017-9671)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 400861

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-2017-9671

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/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: 6/23/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/25/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-9669, CVE-2017-9671

BID: 99340

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