Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : curl (MDVSA-2013:151)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 66251

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated curl packages fix security vulnerability :

libcurl is vulnerable to a cookie leak vulnerability when doing requests across domains with matching tails. This vulnerability can be used to hijack sessions in targetted attacks since registering domains using a known domain's name as an ending is trivial (CVE-2013-1944).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 66251

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-151.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Family: Mandriva Local Security Checks

Published: 4/29/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:mandriva:business_server:1, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64curl4, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:curl-examples, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:mandriva:linux:lib64curl-devel

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/26/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-1944

BID: 59058

MDVSA: 2013:151

MGASA: 2013-0121

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