Google: net-misc/curl: security update to 17162.40.52

medium Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security Plugin ID 454287

Description

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

- curl can be told to parse a `.netrc` file for credentials. If that file endsin a line with 4095
consecutive non-white space letters and no newline, curlwould first read past the end of the stack-based
buffer, and if the readworks, write a zero byte beyond its boundary.This will in most cases cause a
segfault or similar, but circumstances might also cause different outcomes.If a malicious user can provide
a custom netrc file to an application or otherwise affect its contents, this flaw could be used as denial-
of-service. (CVE-2022-35260)

Solution

Update the net-misc/curl library and its related packages to version 17162.40.52 or later.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 454287

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

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: MEDIUM

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2022-35260

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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

Vulnerability Information

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/27/2022

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2022-35260

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