Alpine: multiple graphviz packages, lua5.4-graphviz, py3-gv: security update to 2.38.0-r3 (deprecated)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401141

Description

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

- Format string vulnerability in the yyerror function in lib/cgraph/scan.l in Graphviz allows remote
attackers to have unspecified impact via format string specifiers in unknown vectors, which are not
properly handled in an error string. (CVE-2014-9157)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 401141

Version: Revision 1.25

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: 57.12

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-2014-9157

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/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: 1/27/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/25/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9157

BID: 71283

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