Debian dla-3692 : curl - security update

critical Nessus Plugin ID 187271

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing one or more security-related updates.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the dla-3692 advisory.

- ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Debian LTS Advisory DLA-3692-1 [email protected] https://www.debian.org/lts/security/ Adrian Bunk December 19, 2023 https://wiki.debian.org/LTS
- -------------------------------------------------------------------------

Package : curl Version : 7.64.0-4+deb10u8 CVE ID : CVE-2023-28322 CVE-2023-46218 Debian Bug : 926148 1036239 1057646

Two security issues were found in Curl, an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library and command line tool.

Additionally, the command line tool does now:
- - display the Debian revision in curl --version, and
- - does no longer output verbose Expire in messsages with curl -v

CVE-2023-28322

POST-after-PUT confusion.

CVE-2023-46218

Cookie mixed case PSL bypass.

For Debian 10 buster, these problems have been fixed in version 7.64.0-4+deb10u8.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

For the detailed security status of curl please refer to its security tracker page at:
https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/curl

Further information about Debian LTS security advisories, how to apply these updates to your system and frequently asked questions can be found at: https://wiki.debian.org/LTS

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Debian security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Upgrade the curl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 187271

File Name: debian_DLA-3692.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Debian Local Security Checks

Published: 12/22/2023

Updated: 1/22/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.3

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.4

Temporal Score: 5

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-46218

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

CVSS v4

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.3

Threat Score: 8.9

Threat Vector: CVSS:4.0/E:P

Vector: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:H/VI:H/VA:H/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:curl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-nss, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-doc, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev, p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/22/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/19/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-28322, CVE-2023-46218

IAVA: 2023-A-0259-S, 2023-A-0674-S

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