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Oracle Linux 7 : curl (ELSA-2017-2016)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 102295

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Synopsis

The remote Oracle Linux host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ELSA-2017-2016 advisory.

 [7.29.0-42]
 - fix use of uninitialized variable detected by Covscan

 [7.29.0-41]
 - make FTPS work with --proxytunnel (#1420327)

 [7.29.0-40]
 - make FTPS work with --proxytunnel (#1420327)

 [7.29.0-39]
 - work around race condition in PK11_FindSlotByName() in NSS (#1404815)

 [7.29.0-38]
 - make FTPS work with --proxytunnel (#1420327)

 [7.29.0-37]
 - fix tight loop in non-blocking TLS handhsake over proxy (#1388162)
 - handle cookies with numerical IPv6 address (#1341503)
 - make libcurl recognize chacha20-poly1305 and SHA384 cipher-suites (#1374740)
 - curl -E: allow to escape ':' in cert nickname (#1376062)
 - run automake in %prep to avoid patching Makefile.in files from now on

 [7.29.0-36]
 - reject negative string lengths in curl_easy_[un]escape() (CVE-2016-7167)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected curl, libcurl and / or libcurl-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2017-2016.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 102295

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2017-2016.nasl

Version: 3.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/9/2017

Updated: 10/23/2024

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:curl

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/OracleLinux, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/8/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/7/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-7167

RHSA: 2017:2016