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Alpine: multiple exim packages: security update to 4.98-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 427292

Description

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

 - Exim through 4.97.1 misparses a multiline RFC 2231 header filename, and thus remote attackers can bypass a
 $mime_filename extension-blocking protection mechanism, and potentially deliver executable attachments to
 the mailboxes of end users. (CVE-2024-39929)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2024-39929

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 427292

Version: Revision 1.6

Type: Local

Published: 5/16/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.1

Percentile: 53.17

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-39929

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/4/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-39929

IAVA: 2024-A-0416-S