Alpine: multiple patch packages: security update to 2.7.4-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401165

Description

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

- GNU patch 2.7.2 and earlier allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (memory consumption and
segmentation fault) via a crafted diff file. (CVE-2014-9637)

- Directory traversal vulnerability in GNU patch versions which support Git-style patching before 2.7.3
allows remote attackers to write to arbitrary files with the permissions of the target user via a .. (dot
dot) in a diff file name. (CVE-2015-1395)

- A Directory Traversal vulnerability exists in the GNU patch before 2.7.4. A remote attacker can write to
arbitrary files via a symlink attack in a patch file. NOTE: this issue exists because of an incomplete fix
for CVE-2015-1196. (CVE-2015-1396)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=30b3ba6cbd409bf5d42dffcf442fa1f6e7867e87

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=836b5591850530326923a0bcbbb95c592fa8b6ba

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401165

Version: Revision 1.25

Type: Local

Published: 8/16/2023

Updated: 7/1/2026

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: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1395

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-1396

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/18/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/21/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-9637, CVE-2015-1395, CVE-2015-1396

BID: 72286, 72846, 75358