Fedora 24 : curl (2016-24316f1f56)

high Nessus Plugin ID 92767

Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fix re-using connections with wrong client cert (CVE-2016-5420)

- fix TLS session resumption client cert bypass (CVE-2016-5419)

- fix use of connection struct after free (CVE-2016-5421)

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Solution

Update the affected curl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2016-24316f1f56

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 92767

File Name: fedora_2016-24316f1f56.nasl

Version: 2.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/8/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.9

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 8.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:curl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:24

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/5/2016

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/10/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-5419, CVE-2016-5420, CVE-2016-5421