SCA: security update for bittorrent-dht (GHSA-77g4-36jp-5v3m)

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 411897

Description

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

- A security issue was found in bittorrent-dht before 5.1.3 that allows someone to send a specific series of
messages to a listening peer and get it to reveal internal memory. (CVE-2016-10519)

See Also

https://github.com/advisories/GHSA-77g4-36jp-5v3m

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 411897

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 1/23/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Medium

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-10519

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: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

Patch Publication Date: 9/1/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/4/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-10519

cwe: CWE-201