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Alpine: multiple c-ares packages: security update to 1.34.6-r0

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 436385

Description

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

 - c-ares is an asynchronous resolver library. Versions 1.32.3 through 1.34.5 terminate a query after maximum
 attempts when using read_answer() and process_answer(), which can cause a Denial of Service. This issue is
 fixed in version 1.34.6. (CVE-2025-62408)

See Also

https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2025-62408

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 436385

Version: Revision 1.7

Type: Local

Published: 12/13/2025

Updated: 6/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.73

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-62408

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/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: 12/8/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-62408