Scientific Linux Security Update : curl on SL5.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 60765

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

Wesley Miaw discovered that when deflate compression was used, libcurl could call the registered write callback function with data exceeding the documented limit. A malicious server could use this flaw to crash an application using libcurl or, potentially, execute arbitrary code.
Note: This issue only affected applications using libcurl that rely on the documented data size limit, and that copy the data to the insufficiently sized buffer. (CVE-2010-0734)

This update also fixes the following bugs :

- when using curl to upload a file, if the connection was broken or reset by the server during the transfer, curl immediately started using 100% CPU and failed to acknowledge that the transfer had failed. With this update, curl displays an appropriate error message and exits when an upload fails mid-transfer due to a broken or reset connection. (BZ#479967)

- libcurl experienced a segmentation fault when attempting to reuse a connection after performing GSS-negotiate authentication, which in turn caused the curl program to crash. This update fixes this bug so that reused connections are able to be successfully established even after GSS-negotiate authentication has been performed.
(BZ#517199)

As well, this update adds the following enhancements :

- curl now supports loading Certificate Revocation Lists (CRLs) from a Privacy Enhanced Mail (PEM) file. When curl attempts to access sites that have had their certificate revoked in a CRL, curl refuses access to those sites. (BZ#532069)

- the curl(1) manual page has been updated to clarify that the '--socks4' and '--socks5' options do not work with the IPv6, FTPS, or LDAP protocols. (BZ#473128)

- the curl utility's program help, which is accessed by running 'curl -h', has been updated with descriptions for the '--ftp-account' and '--ftp-alternative-to-user' options. (BZ#517084)

All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected curl and / or curl-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 60765

File Name: sl_20100330_curl_on_SL5_x.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.2

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/30/2010

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2010-0734

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