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Mandriva Linux Security Advisory : curl (MDVSA-2013:276)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 71030

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Synopsis

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

Description

Updated curl packages fix security vulnerability :

Scott Cantor discovered that curl, a file retrieval tool, would disable the CURLOPT_SSLVERIFYHOST check when the CURLOPT_SSL_VERIFYPEER setting was disabled. This would also disable ssl certificate host name checks when it should have only disabled verification of the certificate trust chain (CVE-2013-4545).

Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

http://advisories.mageia.org/MGASA-2013-0338.html

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 71030

File Name: mandriva_MDVSA-2013-276.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Published: 11/22/2013

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

Vulnerability Information

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

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: 11/21/2013

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4545

BID: 63776

MDVSA: 2013:276