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Fedora 23 : curl (2016-8354baae0f)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92990

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fix re-using connections with wrong client cert (CVE-2016-5420)

 - fix TLS session resumption client cert bypass (CVE-2016-5419)

 - fix use of connection struct after free (CVE-2016-5421)

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Solution

Update the affected curl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-8354baae0f

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92990

File Name: fedora_2016-8354baae0f.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/17/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:curl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:23

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

Patch Publication Date: 8/16/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5419, CVE-2016-5420, CVE-2016-5421