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Alpine: multiple perl-email-mime packages: security update to 1.954-r0

high Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 426920

Description

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

 - An excessive memory use issue (CWE-770) exists in Email-MIME, before version 1.954, which can cause denial
 of service when parsing multipart MIME messages. The patch set (from 2020 and 2024) limits excessive depth
 and the total number of parts. (CVE-2024-4140)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-4140

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 426920

Version: Revision 1.4

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 10/16/2025

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 5.8

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-4140

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/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: 5/2/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-4140