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Fedora 29 : curl (2019-43489941ff)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 122106

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- fix SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3823)

 - fix NTLMv2 type-3 header stack-based buffer overflow (CVE-2019-3822)

 - fix NTLM type-2 out-of-bounds buffer read (CVE-2018-16890)

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Solution

Update the affected curl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2019-43489941ff

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 122106

File Name: fedora_2019-43489941ff.nasl

Version: 1.4

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 2/12/2019

Updated: 12/5/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 5.5

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

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Critical

Base Score: 9.8

Temporal Score: 8.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/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:29

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

Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 2/12/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 2/6/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2018-16890, CVE-2019-3822, CVE-2019-3823