Scientific Linux Security Update : curl on SL3.x, SL4.x, SL5.x i386/x86_64

medium Nessus Plugin ID 60548

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Synopsis

The remote Scientific Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

David Kierznowski discovered a flaw in libcurl where it would not differentiate between different target URLs when handling automatic redirects. This caused libcurl to follow any new URL that it understood, including the 'file://' URL type. This could allow a remote server to force a local libcurl-using application to read a local file instead of the remote one, possibly exposing local files that were not meant to be exposed. (CVE-2009-0037)

Note: Applications using libcurl that are expected to follow redirects to 'file://' protocol must now explicitly call curl_easy_setopt(3) and set the newly introduced CURLOPT_REDIR_PROTOCOLS option as required.

All running applications using libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.

Solution

Update the affected curl and / or curl-devel packages.

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 60548

File Name: sl_20090319_curl_on_SL3_x.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Family: Scientific Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 8/1/2012

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.8

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: x-cpe:/o:fermilab:scientific_linux

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

Patch Publication Date: 3/19/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-0037

CWE: 352

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