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Amazon Linux AMI : curl (ALAS-2019-1148)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 121369

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux AMI host is missing a security update.

Description

A heap use-after-free flaw was found in curl related to closing an easy handle. When closing and cleaning up an 'easy' handle in the `Curl_close()` function, the library code first frees a struct (without nulling the pointer) and might then subsequently erroneously write to a struct field within that already freed struct.
(CVE-2018-16840)

Curl is vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service. (CVE-2018-16839)

Curl is vulnerable to a heap-based buffer over-read in the tool_msgs.c:voutf() function that may result in information exposure and denial of service. (CVE-2018-16842)

Solution

Run 'yum update curl' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/ALAS-2019-1148.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 121369

File Name: ala_ALAS-2019-1148.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/25/2019

Updated: 6/26/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, 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-2018-16840

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: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debuginfo, cpe:/o:amazon:linux, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/25/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/31/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16839, CVE-2018-16840, CVE-2018-16842

ALAS: 2019-1148