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Oracle Linux 7 : curl (ELSA-2016-2575)

high Nessus Plugin ID 94698

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Synopsis

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

Description

The remote Oracle Linux 7 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the ELSA-2016-2575 advisory.

 - fix incorrect use of a previously loaded certificate from file (related to CVE-2016-5420)
 - acknowledge the --no-sessionid/CURLOPT_SSL_SESSIONID_CACHE option (required by the fix for CVE-2016-5419)
 - fix re-using connections with wrong client cert (CVE-2016-5420)
 - fix TLS session resumption client cert bypass (CVE-2016-5419)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the Oracle Linux security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected curl, libcurl and / or libcurl-devel packages.

See Also

https://linux.oracle.com/errata/ELSA-2016-2575.html

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 94698

File Name: oraclelinux_ELSA-2016-2575.nasl

Version: 2.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2016

Updated: 10/22/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 4.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2016-7141

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: cpe:/o:oracle:linux:7, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:oracle:linux:curl

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5419, CVE-2016-5420, CVE-2016-7141

RHSA: 2016:2575