Alpine: libcrypto3, multiple openssl packages: security update to 1.0.1-r2 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401185

Description

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

- The do_ssl3_write function in s3_pkt.c in OpenSSL 1.x through 1.0.1g, when SSL_MODE_RELEASE_BUFFERS is
enabled, does not properly manage a buffer pointer during certain recursive calls, which allows remote
attackers to cause a denial of service (NULL pointer dereference and application crash) via vectors that
trigger an alert condition. (CVE-2014-0198)

See Also

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=1a9a0430790d7829d9ee53e0fbc17dbe6c7a6b69

https://git.alpinelinux.org/aports/commit/?id=5b76f90f8063484f2aac02ab411ecfe67008538d

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401185

Version: Revision 1.25

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: 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-2014-0198

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: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: 5/29/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/14/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-0198

BID: 67193

IAVA: 2014-A-0083-S

IAVB: 2014-B-0092-S