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Debian DSA-3240-1 : curl - security update

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83146

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

It was discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, if configured to use a proxy server with the HTTPS protocol, by default could send to the proxy the same HTTP headers it sends to the destination server, possibly leaking sensitive information.

Solution

Upgrade the curl packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u2.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/curl

https://www.debian.org/security/2015/dsa-3240

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83146

File Name: debian_DSA-3240.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/30/2015

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

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: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:curl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3153

DSA: 3240