Detections
Analytics

GLSA-200903-21 : cURL: Arbitrary file access

medium Nessus Plugin ID 35819

Synopsis

The remote Gentoo host is missing one or more security-related patches.

Description

The remote host is affected by the vulnerability described in GLSA-200903-21 (cURL: Arbitrary file access)

 David Kierznowski reported that the redirect implementation accepts arbitrary Location values when CURLOPT_FOLLOWLOCATION is enabled.
 Impact :

 A remote attacker could possibly exploit this vulnerability to make remote HTTP servers trigger arbitrary requests to intranet servers and read or overwrite arbitrary files via a redirect to a file: URL, or, if the libssh2 USE flag is enabled, execute arbitrary commands via a redirect to an scp: URL.
 Workaround :

 There is no known workaround at this time.

Solution

All cURL users should upgrade to the latest version:
 # emerge --sync # emerge --ask --oneshot --verbose '>=net-misc/curl-7.19.4'

See Also

https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/200903-21

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 35819

File Name: gentoo_GLSA-200903-21.nasl

Version: 1.15

Type: local

Published: 3/10/2009

Updated: 1/6/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

Temporal Score: 5.3

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:gentoo:linux:curl, cpe:/o:gentoo:linux

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Gentoo/release, Host/Gentoo/qpkg-list

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 3/9/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0037

BID: 33962

CWE: 352

GLSA: 200903-21