Alpine: multiple libgsf packages: security update to 1.14.40-r0 (deprecated)

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 400917

Description

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

- An error within the "tar_directory_for_file()" function (gsf-infile-tar.c) in GNOME Structured File
Library before 1.14.41 can be exploited to trigger a Null pointer dereference and subsequently cause a
crash via a crafted TAR file. (CVE-2016-9888)

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 400917

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: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-9888

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 12/20/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-9888

BID: 94860

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