SCA: security update for dulwich (GHSA-vjjf-3rvg-gv3v)

critical Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 434910

Description

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

- Buffer overflow in the C implementation of the apply_delta function in _pack.c in Dulwich before 0.9.9
allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code via a crafted pack file. (CVE-2015-0838)

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 434910

Version: Revision 1.3

Type: Local

Family: SCA Checks

Published: 8/20/2025

Updated: 7/2/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.9

Percentile: 57.15

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Critical

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2015-0838

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.1

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/17/2022

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/22/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-0838

BID: 73410

cwe: CWE-119

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