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Alpine: multiple re2c packages: security update to 1.3-r1

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 424456

Description

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

 - re2c 1.3 has a heap-based buffer overflow in Scanner::fill in parse/scanner.cc via a long lexeme.
 (CVE-2020-11958)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2020-11958

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 424456

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: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-11958

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/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: 4/21/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-11958