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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2020:14409-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150606

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Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES11 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2020:14409-1 advisory.

 - curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used. (CVE-2020-8177)

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 packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1173027

http://www.nessus.org/u?8e165495

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2020-8177

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150606

File Name: suse_SU-2020-14409-1.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 12/26/2023

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8177

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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

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-openssl1, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-openssl1-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-openssl1, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-openssl1-x86, 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: 6/24/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 6/24/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8177

IAVA: 2020-A-0291-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:14409-1