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Alpine Linux: CVE-2018-15173: Vulnerability in Multiple Components

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Aug 8, 2018

Added

Nov 27, 2019

Modified

Jun 18, 2026

Description

Nmap through 7.70, when the -sV option is used, allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (stack consumption and application crash) via a crafted TCP-based service.

Solution

alpine-linux-upgrade-nmap

References

CVE-2018-15173
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2018-15173
https://security.alpinelinux.org/vuln/CVE-2018-15173
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2018-7053
EUVD-EUVD-2018-7053

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