SUSE SLES11 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2020:14481-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 150677

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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-2020:14481-1 advisory.

- Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data. (CVE-2020-8231)

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-openssl1, libcurl4-openssl1 and / or libcurl4-openssl1-32bit packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 150677

File Name: suse_SU-2020-14481-1.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 6/10/2021

Updated: 12/13/2023

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

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: 8/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8231

IAVA: 2020-A-0389-S

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2020:14481-1

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