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Slackware Linux 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current alpine Vulnerability (SSA:2021-264-01)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 153528

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Synopsis

The remote Slackware Linux host is missing a security update to alpine.

Description

The version of alpine installed on the remote host is prior to 2.25. It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SSA:2021-264-01 advisory.

 - In Alpine through 2.24, untagged responses from an IMAP server are accepted before STARTTLS.
 (CVE-2021-38370)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the affected alpine package.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 153528

File Name: Slackware_SSA_2021-264-01.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Published: 9/22/2021

Updated: 11/30/2023

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2021-38370

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:slackware:slackware_linux:alpine, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.0, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.1, cpe:/o:slackware:slackware_linux:14.2

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Slackware/release, Host/Slackware/packages

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2021

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2021-38370