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Debian DSA-3455-1 : curl - security update

high Nessus Plugin ID 88424

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Synopsis

The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.

Description

Isaac Boukris discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, reused NTLM-authenticated proxy connections without properly making sure that the connection was authenticated with the same credentials as set for the new transfer. This could lead to HTTP requests being sent over the connection authenticated as a different user.

Solution

Upgrade the curl packages.

For the stable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u3.

See Also

https://packages.debian.org/source/jessie/curl

https://www.debian.org/security/2016/dsa-3455

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 88424

File Name: debian_DSA-3455.nasl

Version: 1.10

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 1/28/2016

Updated: 1/11/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.4

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.3

Temporal Score: 6.4

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:curl, cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:8.0

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/Debian/release, Host/Debian/dpkg-l

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 1/27/2016

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2016-0755

DSA: 3455