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Amazon Linux 2023 : curl, curl-minimal, libcurl (ALAS2023-2024-581)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 192885

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Synopsis

The remote Amazon Linux 2023 host is missing a security update.

Description

It is, therefore, affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the ALAS2023-2024-581 advisory.

 - curl inadvertently kept the SSL session ID for connections in its cache even when the verify status (*OCSP stapling*) test failed. A subsequent transfer to the same hostname could then succeed if the session ID cache was still fresh, which then skipped the verify status check. (CVE-2024-0853)

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

Solution

Run 'dnf update curl --releasever 2023.4.20240401' to update your system.

See Also

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/AL2023/ALAS-2024-581.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/cve/html/CVE-2024-0853.html

https://alas.aws.amazon.com/faqs.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 192885

File Name: al2023_ALAS2023-2024-581.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/3/2024

Updated: 4/4/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 2.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-0853

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-minimal-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:libcurl-minimal, p-cpe:/a:amazon:linux:curl, cpe:/o:amazon:linux:2023

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/27/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/1/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-0853

IAVA: 2024-A-0063-S