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Alpine: multiple go packages: security update to 1.17.2-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 404758

Description

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

 - Go before 1.16.9 and 1.17.x before 1.17.2 has a Buffer Overflow via large arguments in a function
 invocation from a WASM module, when GOARCH=wasm GOOS=js is used. (CVE-2021-38297)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-38297

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 404758

Version: Revision 1.31

Type: Local

Published: 10/31/2023

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: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38297

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38297

IAVB: 2021-B-0069