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Mandrake Linux Security Advisory : curl (MDKSA-2005:224)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 20455

Synopsis

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

Description

Stefan Esser discovered that libcurl's URL parser function can have a malloced buffer overflows in two ways if given a too long URL. It cannot be triggered by a redirect, which makes remote exploitation unlikely, but can be passed directly to libcurl (allowing for local exploitation) and could also be used to break out of PHP's safe_mode/ open_basedir.

This vulnerability only exists in libcurl and curl 7.11.2 up to and including 7.15.0, which means that Corporate Server 2.1 and Corporate 3.0 are not vulnerable.

The updated packages have been patched to correct the problem. As well, updated php-curl packages are available that provide a new curl PHP module compiled against the fixed code.

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20051207.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?a844180b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 20455

File Name: mandrake_MDKSA-2005-224.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 1/15/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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

Patch Publication Date: 12/8/2005

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2005-4077

MDKSA: 2005:224