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FreeBSD : cURL -- sensitive HTTP server headers also sent to proxies (27f742f6-03f4-11e5-aab1-d050996490d0)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 83841

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Synopsis

The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update.

Description

cURL reports :

libcurl provides applications a way to set custom HTTP headers to be sent to the server by using CURLOPT_HTTPHEADER. A similar option is available for the curl command-line tool with the '--header' option.

When the connection passes through an HTTP proxy the same set of headers is sent to the proxy as well by default. While this is by design, it has not necessarily been clear nor understood by application programmers.

Solution

Update the affected package.

See Also

https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2015-3153.html

http://www.nessus.org/u?f143cc48

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 83841

File Name: freebsd_pkg_27f742f603f411e5aab1d050996490d0.nasl

Version: 2.5

Type: local

Published: 5/27/2015

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:freebsd:freebsd:curl, cpe:/o:freebsd:freebsd

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/FreeBSD/release, Host/FreeBSD/pkg_info

Patch Publication Date: 5/26/2015

Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/29/2015

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2015-3153