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Oracle Linux 7 : curl (ELSA-2019-1880)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 127604

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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-2019-1880 advisory.

 - CVE-2016-8615 cookie injection for other servers (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8615.html)
 - CVE-2016-8616 case insensitive password comparison (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8616.html)
 - CVE-2016-8617 OOB write via unchecked multiplication (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8617.html)
 - CVE-2016-8618 double-free in curl_maprintf (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8618.html)
 - CVE-2016-8619 double-free in krb5 code (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8619.html)
 - CVE-2016-8621 curl_getdate read out of bounds (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8621.html)
 - CVE-2016-8622 URL unescape heap overflow via integer truncation (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8622.html)
 - CVE-2016-8623 Use-after-free via shared cookies (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8623.html)
 - CVE-2016-8624 invalid URL parsing with # (https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2016-8624.html)
 - fix NTLM password overflow via integer overflow (CVE-2018-14618)

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-2019-1880.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 127604

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2019-1880.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/12/2019

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: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2018-14618

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: 7/30/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/5/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-14618

RHSA: 2019:1880