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Alpine: multiple brotli packages, multiple py3-brotli packages: security update to 1.0.9-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423759

Description

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

 - A buffer overflow exists in the Brotli library versions prior to 1.0.8 where an attacker controlling the
 input length of a "one-shot" decompression request to a script can trigger a crash, which happens when
 copying over chunks of data larger than 2 GiB. It is recommended to update your Brotli library to 1.0.8 or
 later. If one cannot update, we recommend to use the "streaming" API as opposed to the "one-shot" API, and
 impose chunk size limits. (CVE-2020-8927)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-8927

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423759

Version: Revision 1.8

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: 2.1

Percentile: 6.91

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 4.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8927

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.9

Threat Score: 2.7

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:N/VI:L/VA:L/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/15/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8927