Detections
Analytics

Alpine: multiple bind packages: security update to 9.16.20-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423713

Description

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

 - In BIND 9.16.19, 9.17.16. Also, version 9.16.19-S1 of BIND Supported Preview Edition When a vulnerable
 version of named receives a query under the circumstances described above, the named process will
 terminate due to a failed assertion check. The vulnerability affects only BIND 9 releases 9.16.19,
 9.17.16, and release 9.16.19-S1 of the BIND Supported Preview Edition. (CVE-2021-25218)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2021-25218

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 423713

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 4/4/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-25218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/18/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-25218

IAVA: 2021-A-0391-S