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Curl 7.74.0 < 8.10.1 Input Misinterpretation (CVE-2024-9681)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 210585

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Synopsis

The remote host has a program that is affected by an input misinterpretation vulnerability.

Description

The version of Curl installed on the remote host is between 7.74.0 and prior to 8.10.1. It is, therefore, affected by a potential minor DoS security problem when trying to use HTTPS when that no longer works or a cleartext transmission of data that was otherwise intended to possibly be protected.

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

Solution

Upgrade Curl to version 8.11.0 or later

See Also

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2024-9681.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 210585

File Name: curl_CVE-2024-9681.nasl

Version: 1.2

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 11/8/2024

Updated: 11/11/2024

Configuration: Enable thorough checks

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-9681

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.2

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/a:haxx:curl

Required KB Items: installed_sw/Curl

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/6/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/6/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-9681

IAVA: 2024-A-0708