Detections
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cURL/libcurl 7.x < 7.47.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
medium Nessus Network Monitor Plugin ID 9760
Synopsis
The host is running a version of cURL/libcurl that is vulnerable to multiple attack vectors.Description
Versions of cURL and libcurl prior to 7.47.0 are affected by multiple vulnerabilities :- A flaw exists that allows traversing outside of a restricted path. The issue is due to the program not properly sanitizing colon characters, specifically path traversal style attacks (e.g. '../') supplied via file names. With a specially crafted file name, a context-dependent attacker can write arbitrary files. (CVE-2016-0754)
- A flaw exists in the 'ConnectionExists()' function in 'lib/url.c' that is triggered as credentials are not properly compared in proxy NTLM authentication. This may allow a remote attacker to reuse connections. (CVE-2016-0755)
Solution
Upgrade to cURL/libcurl 7.47.0 or later.See Also
http://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20160127B.html
Plugin Details
Severity: Medium
ID: 9760
Family: Web Clients
Published: 11/11/2016
Updated: 3/6/2019
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 3.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5
Temporal Score: 4.4
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 5.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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: 1/27/2016
Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/27/2016
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2016-0754, CVE-2016-0755