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GLSA-200603-19 : cURL/libcurl: Buffer overflow in the handling of TFTP URLs

high Nessus Plugin ID 21126

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200603-19 (cURL/libcurl: Buffer overflow in the handling of TFTP URLs)

 Ulf Harnhammar reported a possible buffer overflow in the handling of TFTP URLs in libcurl due to the lack of boundary checks.
 Impact :

 An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to compromise a user's system by enticing the user to request a malicious URL with cURL/libcurl or to use a HTTP server redirecting to a malicious TFTP URL.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/curl-7.15.1-r1'

See Also

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2006-1061.html

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200603-19

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 21126

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200603-19.nasl

Version: 1.16

Type: local

Published: 3/23/2006

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.8

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:gentoo:linux:curl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Patch Publication Date: 3/21/2006

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2006-1061

GLSA: 200603-19