SUSE SLED11 / SLES11 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2014:0004-1)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83606

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Synopsis

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

Description

This update fixes the following security issues with curl :

- bnc#849596: ssl cert checks with unclear behaviour (CVE-2013-4545)

Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

Solution

To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch sdksp3-curl-8617

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 for VMware :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-curl-8617

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch slessp3-curl-8617

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 11 SP3 :

zypper in -t patch sledsp3-curl-8617

To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83606

File Name: suse_SU-2014-0004-1.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: SuSE Local Security Checks

Published: 5/20/2015

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Continuous Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, 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: cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/2/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2013-4545

BID: 63776

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