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Alpine: multiple iproute2 packages: security update to 5.1.0-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 423986

Description

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

 - iproute2 before 5.1.0 has a use-after-free in get_netnsid_from_name in ip/ipnetns.c. NOTE: security
 relevance may be limited to certain uses of setuid that, although not a default, are sometimes a
 configuration option offered to end users. Even when setuid is used, other factors (such as C library
 configuration) may block exploitability. (CVE-2019-20795)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20795

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 423986

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: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 2.1

Temporal Score: 1.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20795

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.4

Temporal Score: 3.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:H/UI:N/S:U/C:N/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: 5/9/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20795