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SUSE SLES11 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2019:14064-1)

high Nessus Plugin ID 125473

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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 :

Security issue fixed :

CVE-2019-5436: Fixed a heap buffer overflow exists in tftp_receive_packet that receives data from a TFTP server (bsc#1135170).

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 the SUSE recommended installation methods like YaST online_update or 'zypper patch'.

Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product :

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SP4-LTSS:zypper in -t patch slessp4-curl-14064=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 11-SECURITY:zypper in -t patch secsp3-curl-14064=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Point of Sale 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch sleposp3-curl-14064=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-curl-14064=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP3:zypper in -t patch dbgsp3-curl-14064=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1135170

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5436/

http://www.nessus.org/u?1e749180

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 125473

File Name: suse_SU-2019-14064-1.nasl

Version: 1.5

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 5/28/2019

Updated: 1/26/2022

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 4.6

Temporal Score: 3.4

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-5436

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/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: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: 5/24/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5436