Alpine: multiple socat packages: security update to 1.7.2.1-r0 (deprecated)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 401225

Description

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

- socat 1.2.0.0 before 1.7.2.2 and 2.0.0-b1 before 2.0.0-b6, when used for a listen type address and the
fork option is enabled, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (file descriptor consumption)
via multiple request that are refused based on the (1) sourceport, (2) lowport, (3) range, or (4) tcpwrap
restrictions. (CVE-2013-3571)

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 401225

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: Low

Base Score: 2.6

Temporal Score: 1.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2013-3571

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: 5/27/2013

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-3571

BID: 60170

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