Alpine: multiple libarchive packages: security update to 3.3.2-r1

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424024

Description

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

- libarchive 3.3.2 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (xml_data heap-based buffer over-
read and application crash) via a crafted xar archive, related to the mishandling of empty strings in the
atol8 function in archive_read_support_format_xar.c. (CVE-2017-14166)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2017-14166

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424024

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: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-14166

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 9/5/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-14166

BID: 100841