CentOS 3 / 5 : curl (CESA-2009:1209)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40593

Synopsis

The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Updated curl packages that fix security issues are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 3, 4, and 5.

This update has been rated as having moderate security impact by the Red Hat Security Response Team.

cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and Dict servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed to work without user interaction or any kind of interactivity.

Scott Cantor reported that cURL is affected by the previously published 'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially confuse cURL into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-2417)

cURL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct these issues. All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected curl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40593

File Name: centos_RHSA-2009-1209.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 8/17/2009

Updated: 1/4/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:3, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:curl-devel, cpe:/o:centos:centos:5, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:curl

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/18/2009

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/14/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2417

BID: 36032

CWE: 310

RHSA: 2009:1209

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