When asking to get a file from a file:// URL, libcurl provides a feature that outputs meta-data about the file using HTTP-like headers. The code doing this would send the wrong buffer to the user (stdout or the application's provide callback), which could lead to other private data from the heap to get inadvertently displayed. The wrong buffer was an uninitialized memory area allocated on the heap and if it turned out to not contain any zero byte, it would continue and display the data following that buffer in memory.

The remote NewStart CGSL host, running version MAIN 6.02, has curl packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities:

  - The redirect implementation in curl and libcurl 5.11 through 7.19.3, when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is     enabled, accepts arbitrary Location values, which might allow remote HTTP servers to (1) trigger arbitrary     requests to intranet servers, (2) read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or (3)     execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL. (CVE-2009-0037)

  - The Curl_input_negotiate function in http_negotiate.c in libcurl 7.10.6 through 7.21.6, as used in curl     and other products, always performs credential delegation during GSSAPI authentication, which allows     remote servers to impersonate clients via GSSAPI requests. (CVE-2011-2192)

  - curl and libcurl 7.2x before 7.24.0 do not properly consider special characters during extraction of a     pathname from a URL, which allows remote attackers to conduct data-injection attacks via a crafted URL, as     demonstrated by a CRLF injection attack on the (1) IMAP, (2) POP3, or (3) SMTP protocol. (CVE-2012-0036)

  - Stack-based buffer overflow in the Curl_sasl_create_digest_md5_message function in lib/curl_sasl.c in curl     and libcurl 7.26.0 through 7.28.1, when negotiating SASL DIGEST-MD5 authentication, allows remote     attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) and possibly execute arbitrary code via a long string in     the realm parameter in a (1) POP3, (2) SMTP or (3) IMAP message. (CVE-2013-0249)

  - The tailMatch function in cookie.c in cURL and libcurl before 7.30.0 does not properly match the path     domain when sending cookies, which allows remote attackers to steal cookies via a matching suffix in the     domain of a URL. (CVE-2013-1944)

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

An update of the curl package has been released.

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-201709-14 (cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities)

    Multiple vulnerabilities have been discovered in cURL. Please review the       CVE identifiers referenced below for details.
  Impact :

    Remote attackers could cause a Denial of Service condition, obtain       sensitive information, or bypass intended restrictions for TLS sessions.
  Workaround :

    There is no known workaround at this time.

FILE buffer read out of bounds (CVE-2017-1000099)

TFTP sends more than buffer size (CVE-2017-1000100)

URL globbing out of bounds read (CVE-2017-1000101)

Security fixes for CVE-2017-1000100 and CVE-2017-1000101

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Fedora update system website.
Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

New curl packages are available for Slackware 13.0, 13.1, 13.37, 14.0, 14.1, 14.2, and -current to fix security issues.

The cURL project reports :

- FILE buffer read out of bounds

- TFTP sends more than buffer size

- URL globbing out of bounds read

ID	Name	Product	Family	Severity
206854	NewStart CGSL MAIN 6.02 : curl Multiple Vulnerabilities (NS-SA-2024-0050)	Nessus	NewStart CGSL Local Security Checks	critical
121761	Photon OS 2.0: Curl PHSA-2017-0045	Nessus	PhotonOS Local Security Checks	medium
103282	GLSA-201709-14 : cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities	Nessus	Gentoo Local Security Checks	high
102877	Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2017-889)	Nessus	Amazon Linux Local Security Checks	medium
102463	Fedora 25 : curl (2017-f2df9d7772)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
102462	Fedora 26 : curl (2017-f1ffd18079)	Nessus	Fedora Local Security Checks	medium
102365	Slackware 13.0 / 13.1 / 13.37 / 14.0 / 14.1 / 14.2 / current : curl (SSA:2017-221-01)	Nessus	Slackware Local Security Checks	medium
102330	FreeBSD : cURL -- multiple vulnerabilities (69cfa386-7cd0-11e7-867f-b499baebfeaf)	Nessus	FreeBSD Local Security Checks	medium

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