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Alpine: libxpm: security update to 3.5.17-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408149

Description

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

 - A vulnerability was found in libXpm due to a boundary condition within the XpmCreateXpmImageFromBuffer()
 function. This flaw allows a local attacker to trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read the contents
 of memory on the system. (CVE-2023-43788)

 - A vulnerability was found in libXpm where a vulnerability exists due to a boundary condition, a local user
 can trigger an out-of-bounds read error and read contents of memory on the system. (CVE-2023-43789)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-43788

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-43789

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 408149

Version: Revision 1.31

Type: Local

Published: 12/7/2023

Updated: 11/7/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.67

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-43789

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-43788, CVE-2023-43789