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SUSE SLED15 / SLES15 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2020:2446-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 140251

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

This update for curl fixes the following issues :

An application that performs multiple requests with libcurl's multi API and sets the 'CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY' option, might in rare circumstances experience that when subsequently using the setup connect-only transfer, libcurl will pick and use the wrong connection and instead pick another one the application has created since then.
[bsc#1175109, CVE-2020-8231]

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

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Module for Basesystem 15-SP1 :

zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-Module-Basesystem-15-SP1-2020-2446=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1175109

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8231/

http://www.nessus.org/u?84889d07

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 140251

File Name: suse_SU-2020-2446-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/4/2020

Updated: 2/22/2024

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8231

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:15, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 9/2/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8231

IAVA: 2020-A-0389-S