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Alpine: multiple patch packages: security update to 2.7.6-r7

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424327

Description

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

 - GNU patch through 2.7.6 contains a free(p_line[p_end]) Double Free vulnerability in the function
 another_hunk in pch.c that can cause a denial of service via a crafted patch file. NOTE: this issue exists
 because of an incomplete fix for CVE-2018-6952. (CVE-2019-20633)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2019-20633

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 424327

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: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-20633

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 3/25/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-20633