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SUSE SLED12 / SLES12 Security Update : curl (SUSE-SU-2019:2381-1)

critical Nessus Plugin ID 128966

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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 issues fixed :

CVE-2019-5481: Fixed a double-free during kerberos FTP data transfer.
(bsc#1149495)

CVE-2019-5482: Fixed a TFTP small block size heap buffer overflow (bsc#1149496).

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 Software Development Kit 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SDK-12-SP4-2019-2381=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Server 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-SERVER-12-SP4-2019-2381=1

SUSE Linux Enterprise Desktop 12-SP4:zypper in -t patch SUSE-SLE-DESKTOP-12-SP4-2019-2381=1

See Also

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149496

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5482/

https://bugzilla.suse.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1149495

https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2019-5481/

http://www.nessus.org/u?dcba3691

Plugin Details

Severity: Critical

ID: 128966

File Name: suse_SU-2019-2381-1.nasl

Version: 1.6

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 9/17/2019

Updated: 4/24/2024

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Agentless Assessment, 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 Score Source: CVE-2019-5482

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:novell:suse_linux:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl-debuginfo, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:curl-debugsource, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:suse_linux:libcurl4-debuginfo, cpe:/o:novell:suse_linux:12

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: 9/16/2019

Vulnerability Publication Date: 9/16/2019

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2019-5481, CVE-2019-5482