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Curl < 8.12.0 Double Close (CVE-2025-0665)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 215219

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Synopsis

The remote host has a program that is affected by a double close vulnerability.

Description

libcurl would wrongly close the same eventfd file descriptor twice when taking down a connection channel after having completed a threaded name resolve.

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 8.12.0 or later

See Also

https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2025-0665.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 215219

File Name: curl_CVE-2025-0665.nasl

Version: 1.3

Type: local

Agent: windows, macosx, unix

Family: Misc.

Published: 2/10/2025

Updated: 4/24/2025

Configuration: Enable thorough checks (optional)

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 10

Temporal Score: 7.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0665

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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

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: 2/5/2025

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/5/2025

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0665

IAVA: 2025-A-0085