CentOS 4 / 5 : curl (CESA-2011:0918)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 55515

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated curl packages that fix one security issue are now available for Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4, 5, and 6.

The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this update as having moderate security impact. A Common Vulnerability Scoring System (CVSS) base score, which gives a detailed severity rating, is available from the CVE link in the References section.

cURL provides the libcurl library and a command line tool for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.

It was found that cURL always performed credential delegation when authenticating with GSSAPI. A rogue server could use this flaw to obtain the client's credentials and impersonate that client to other servers that are using GSSAPI. (CVE-2011-2192)

Users of curl should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a backported patch to correct this issue. All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected curl packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 55515

File Name: centos_RHSA-2011-0918.nasl

Version: 1.14

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: CentOS Local Security Checks

Published: 7/6/2011

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: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:4, 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 Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 8/14/2011

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/7/2011

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2011-2192

BID: 48434

RHSA: 2011:0918

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