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Echo: aspell: security update to 0.60.8.1-4+e1

low Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 474849

Description

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

 - GNU Aspell contains an out-of-bounds read vulnerability in ReadOnlyDict::load() in readonly_ws.cpp. When
 loading a binary .rws dictionary file, it uses offset fields from the file header as byte indices into a
 heap buffer without validating their bounds. An attacker can trigger this by convincing a user to run
 aspell with a crafted dictionary file supplied through --master, --dict-dir, or configuration options,
 leading to heap memory disclosure or a denial of service via application crash. This issue was fixed in
 commit 941953b25031bc9104e83f58e138a664b8dedc3f which will be released in version 0.60.8.3.
 (CVE-2026-75819)

Solution

Update the aspell library and its related packages to version 0.60.8.1-4+e1 or later.

See Also

https://advisory.echohq.com/cve/CVE-2026-75819

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 474849

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/16/2026

Updated: 10/16/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.69

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2026-75819

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.5

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 1.8

Threat Score: 0.2

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:U

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/7/2026

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2026

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2026-75819