Alpine: multiple net-snmp packages: security update to 5.7.3-r2 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401128

Description

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

- The snmp_pdu_parse function in snmp_api.c in net-snmp 5.7.2 and earlier does not remove the varBind
variable in a netsnmp_variable_list item when parsing of the SNMP PDU fails, which allows remote attackers
to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a crafted packet.
(CVE-2015-5621)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401128

Version: Revision 1.24

Type: Local

Family: Alpine Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 2/10/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5

Percentile: 94.39

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-5621

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/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: 8/4/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/13/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-5621

BID: 76380

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