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Alpine: multiple curl packages, libcurl: security update to 7.53.1-r1 (deprecated)

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400882

Description

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

 - The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow physically proximate attackers to
 obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation
 screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which leads to a heap-based buffer
 over-read. (CVE-2017-7407)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=0f35f8523fa0ee7712e837f13602edffb5260ce5

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=143477dd2ba1e4a686a6555d11ee4c704fa9b424

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 400882

Version: Revision 1.23

Type: Local

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:P/I:N/A:N

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-7407

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.4

Temporal Score: 2.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:P/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/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: 4/14/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7407

BID: 99260