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Fedora 26 : curl (2017-601b4c20a4)

high Nessus Plugin ID 103895

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fix out of bounds read in FTP PWD response parser (CVE-2017-1000254)

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Solution

Update the affected curl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2017-601b4c20a4

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 103895

File Name: fedora_2017-601b4c20a4.nasl

Version: 3.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 10/18/2017

Updated: 11/18/2025

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3.6

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.7

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2017-1000254

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.5

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

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:curl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:26

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/16/2017

Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/6/2017

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2017-1000254