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Alpine: multiple exiv2 packages: security update to 0.28.1-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408069

Description

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

 - Exiv2 is a C++ library and a command-line utility to read, write, delete and modify Exif, IPTC, XMP and
 ICC image metadata. An out-of-bounds write was found in Exiv2 version v0.28.0. The vulnerable function,
 `BmffImage::brotliUncompress`, is new in v0.28.0, so earlier versions of Exiv2 are _not_ affected. The
 out-of-bounds write is triggered when Exiv2 is used to read the metadata of a crafted image file. An
 attacker could potentially exploit the vulnerability to gain code execution, if they can trick the victim
 into running Exiv2 on a crafted image file. This bug is fixed in version v0.28.1. Users are advised to
 upgrade. There are no known workarounds for this vulnerability. (CVE-2023-44398)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-44398

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 408069

Version: Revision 1.32

Type: Local

Published: 12/7/2023

Updated: 12/29/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.88

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-44398

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 11/6/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-44398