Ubuntu 14.04 LTS : curl vulnerability (USN-2399-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 79119

Synopsis

The remote Ubuntu host is missing a security update.

Description

Symeon Paraschoudis discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when being used with CURLOPT_COPYPOSTFIELDS and curl_easy_duphandle().
This may result in sensitive data being incorrectly sent to the remote server.

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Solution

Update the affected packages.

See Also

https://ubuntu.com/security/notices/USN-2399-1

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 79119

File Name: ubuntu_USN-2399-1.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 11/11/2014

Updated: 10/23/2023

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.3

Temporal Score: 3.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2014-3707

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

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:U/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-gnutls, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-nss, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl3-udeb, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev, cpe:/o:canonical:ubuntu_linux:14.04:-:lts, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:canonical:ubuntu_linux:curl-udeb

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 11/10/2014

Vulnerability Publication Date: 11/15/2014

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2014-3707

USN: 2399-1