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openSUSE Security Update : curl (openSUSE-2016-170)

high Nessus Plugin ID 88634

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Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

This update for curl fixes the following issues :

 - CVE-2016-0755: libcurl would reuse NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for this transfer (bsc#962983)

The following tracked bugs only affect the test suite :

 - bsc#962996: Expired cookie in test 46 caused test failures

Solution

Update the affected curl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962983

https://bugzilla.opensuse.org/show_bug.cgi?id=962996

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88634

File Name: openSUSE-2016-170.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/9/2016

Updated: 1/19/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Continuous Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:L/A:L

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl-devel-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4-32bit, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:curl-debugsource, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:13.1, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4-debuginfo-32bit

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

Patch Publication Date: 2/8/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0755