SUSE SLES11 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2017:2312-1)
high Nessus Plugin ID 102910
New! Plugin Severity Now Using CVSS v3
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Synopsis
The remote SUSE host is missing one or more security updates.Description
This update for curl fixes the following issues :- CVE-2017-1000100: TFP sends more than buffer size and it could lead to a denial of service (bsc#1051644)
- CVE-2017-7407: ourWriteOut function problem could lead to a heap buffer over-read (bsc#1032309)
- CVE-2016-9586: libcurl printf issue could lead to buffer overflow (bsc#1015332)
Note that Tenable Network Security has extracted the preceding description block directly from the SUSE security advisory. Tenable has attempted to automatically clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.
Solution
To install this SUSE Security Update use YaST online_update.Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :
SUSE Linux Enterprise Software Development Kit 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch sdksp4-curl-13256=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch slessp4-curl-13256=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY:zypper in -t patch secsp3-curl-13256=1
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-curl-13256=1
To bring your system up-to-date, use 'zypper patch'.
See Also
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1015332
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1032309
https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1051644
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2016-9586/
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2017-1000100/
Plugin Details
Severity: High
ID: 102910
File Name: suse_SU-2017-2312-1.nasl
Version: 3.12
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: SuSE Local Security Checks
Published: 9/1/2017
Updated: 1/19/2021
Dependencies: ssh_get_info.nasl
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Medium
Score: 5.9
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 6.8
Temporal Score: 5
Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 8.1
Temporal Score: 7.1
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:11
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 8/31/2017
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/3/2017