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Fedora 31 : curl (2020-55f1f7cb13)

high Nessus Plugin ID 138366

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Synopsis

The remote Fedora host is missing a security update.

Description

- avoid overwriting a local file with -J (CVE-2020-8177)

 - fix partial password leak over DNS on HTTP redirect (CVE-2020-8169)

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Solution

Update the affected curl package.

See Also

https://bodhi.fedoraproject.org/updates/FEDORA-2020-55f1f7cb13

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 138366

File Name: fedora_2020-55f1f7cb13.nasl

Version: 1.7

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 7/10/2020

Updated: 3/1/2024

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 6.7

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8169

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 7

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:P/RL:O/RC:C

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8177

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:fedoraproject:fedora:curl, cpe:/o:fedoraproject:fedora:31

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

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 7/10/2020

Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/14/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8169, CVE-2020-8177

FEDORA: 2020-55f1f7cb13

IAVA: 2020-A-0291-S