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RHEL 8 : curl (RHSA-2019:3701)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 130568
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing one or more security updates for curl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the RHSA-2019:3701 advisory.- curl: NTLM type-2 heap out-of-bounds buffer read (CVE-2018-16890)
- wget: Information exposure in set_file_metadata function in xattr.c (CVE-2018-20483)
- curl: NTLMv2 type-3 header stack buffer overflow (CVE-2019-3822)
- curl: SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3823)
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 RHEL curl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2019:3701.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?b8d3b26b
http://www.nessus.org/u?f82d6810
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3701
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#moderate
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1662705
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1669156
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1670252
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 130568
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2019-3701.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 11/6/2019
Updated: 4/28/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 6.7
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.9
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3822
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Critical
Base Score: 9.8
Temporal Score: 8.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl-minimal, cpe:/o:redhat:enterprise_linux:8
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-16890, CVE-2018-20483, CVE-2019-3822, CVE-2019-3823