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Debian dla-3763 : curl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 192185

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3763 advisory.

 - A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user. (CVE-2023-27534)

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

Solution

Upgrade the curl packages.

See Also

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/curl

https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27534

https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/curl

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 192185

File Name: debian_DLA-3763.nasl

Version: 1.0

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 3/17/2024

Updated: 3/17/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 9

Temporal Score: 7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-27534

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.8

Temporal Score: 7.9

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/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: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/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l, Host/local_checks_enabled

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/17/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27534

IAVA: 2023-A-0153-S, 2023-A-0531-S