SUSE SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2024:4284-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 213019

Synopsis

The remote SUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

The remote SUSE Linux SLES12 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the SUSE- SU-2024:4284-1 advisory.

- CVE-2024-11053: Fixed password leak in curl used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances (bsc#1234068)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory.

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

Solution

Update the affected curl, libcurl4 and / or libcurl4-32bit packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/1234068

http://www.nessus.org/u?e94cd572

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2024-11053

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 213019

File Name: suse_SU-2024-4284-1.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 12/14/2024

Updated: 12/14/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.0

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.9

Temporal Score: 3.6

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2024-11053

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.1

Temporal Score: 7.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-32bit

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/11/2024

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2024-11053

IAVA: 2024-A-0794

SuSE: SUSE-SU-2024:4284-1