Alpine: libcurl, multiple curl packages: security update to 7.59.0-r0

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423801

Description

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

- A buffer overflow exists in curl 7.12.3 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the FTP URL handling that allows
an attacker to cause a denial of service or worse. (CVE-2018-1000120)

- A NULL pointer dereference exists in curl 7.21.0 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the LDAP code that allows
an attacker to cause a denial of service (CVE-2018-1000121)

- A buffer over-read exists in curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the RTSP+RTP handling code that
allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or information leakage (CVE-2018-1000122)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1000120

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1000121

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-1000122

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 423801

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: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.12

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-1000120

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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: 3/14/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-1000120, CVE-2018-1000121, CVE-2018-1000122

BID: 103414, 103415, 103436