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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : curl (MDKSA-2005:182)

high Nessus Plugin ID 20042

Synopsis

The remote Mandrake Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

A vulnerability in libcurl's NTLM function can overflow a stack-based buffer if given too long a user name or domain name in NTLM authentication is enabled and either a) pass a user and domain name to libcurl that together are longer than 192 bytes or b) allow (lib)curl to follow HTTP redirects and the new URL contains a URL with a user and domain name that together are longer than 192 bytes.

The updated packages have been patched to address this issue.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://curl.haxx.se/mail/lib-2005-10/0061.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 20042

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-182.nasl

Version: 1.21

Type: local

Published: 10/19/2005

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64curl3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64curl3-devel, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcurl3, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:libcurl3-devel, cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:10.1, cpe:/o:mandriva:linux:2006, x-cpe:/o:mandrakesoft:mandrake_linux:le2005, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:curl

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

Patch Publication Date: 10/13/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-3185

MDKSA: 2005:182