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Ubuntu 17.04 : curl vulnerability (USN-3262-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 99582

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Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled client certificates when resuming a TLS session. A remote attacker could use this to hijack a previously authenticated connection.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://usn.ubuntu.com/3262-1/

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 99582

File Name: ubuntu_USN-3262-1.nasl

Version: 3.8

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 4/21/2017

Updated: 1/12/2023

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: 3.6

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 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: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:17.04, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 4/20/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 7/16/2018

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-7468

USN: 3262-1