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Alpine: multiple wolfssl packages: security update to 0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 408205

Description

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

 - In wolfSSL prior to 5.6.6, if callback functions are enabled (via the WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS flag), then a
 malicious TLS client or network attacker can trigger a buffer over-read on the heap of 5 bytes
 (WOLFSSL_CALLBACKS is only intended for debugging). (CVE-2023-6936)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2023-6936

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 408205

Version: Revision 1.11

Type: Local

Published: 12/21/2023

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.3

Percentile: 53.06

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9.4

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-6936

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/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: 2/20/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-6936