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Google: net-misc/curl: security update to 17800.570.5

low Tenable Cloud Security Plugin ID 452835

Description

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

 - When asked to use a `.netrc` file for credentials **and** to follow HTTP redirects, curl could leak the
 password used for the first host to the followed-to host under certain circumstances. This flaw only
 manifests itself if the netrc file has a `default` entry that omits both login and password. A rare
 circumstance. (CVE-2025-0167)

Solution

Update the net-misc/curl library and its related packages to version 17800.570.5 or later.

See Also

https://storage.googleapis.com/cos-oval-vulnerability-feed/cos-109.oval.xml.tar.gz

Plugin Details

Severity: Low

ID: 452835

Version: Revision 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.2

Percentile: 51.07

Vendor

Vendor Severity: LOW

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2025-0167

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Low

Base Score: 3.4

Temporal Score: 3.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:R/S:C/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: 12/12/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2025-0167