Detections
Analytics
cURL/libcURL 7.x < 7.38.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
low Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 8385
Synopsis
The cURL program is a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP. A vulnerable version of cURL was detected from the host.Description
Versions of cURL/libcURL older than 7.38.0 are unpatched for the following remote security bypass vulnerabilities due to errors in the way it handles cookies:- Handling of IP addresses in cookie domain when parsing received HTTP cookies can be leveraged to obtain sensitive information, such as HTTP cookies (CVE-2014-3613)
- Failure to restrict libcurl-based HTTP clients from leaking cookie information, which can be leveraged by setting cookies to Top Level Domains (TLD) to bypass security restrictions to an unrelated site or domain (CVE-2014-3620)
Solution
Upgrade the affected packages; the next version of cURL/libcURL that fixes the issue is cURL 7.38.0.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 8385
Family: Web Clients
Published: 9/11/2014
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 4.3
Temporal Score: 3.7
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 3.6
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:X/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/a:haxx:curl
Patch Publication Date: 9/10/2014
Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/10/2014
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2014-3613, CVE-2014-3620