Google: net-misc/curl: security update to 17109.0.0

medium Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452540

Description

There are packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability referenced in the following CVE:

- libcurl wrongly allows cookies to be set for Top Level Domains (TLDs) if thehost name is provided with a
trailing dot.curl can be told to receive and send cookies. curl's "cookie engine" can bebuilt with or
without [Public Suffix List](https://publicsuffix.org/)awareness. If PSL support not provided, a more
rudimentary check exists to atleast prevent cookies from being set on TLDs. This check was broken if
thehost name in the URL uses a trailing dot.This can allow arbitrary sites to set cookies that then would
get sent to adifferent and unrelated site or domain. (CVE-2022-27779)

Solution

Update the net-misc/curl library and its related packages to version 17109.0.0 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 452540

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Google COS Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.9

Percentile: 52.58

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-27779

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.3

Temporal Score: 4.8

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

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 5/11/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-27779

Detections

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