CentOS 8 : curl (CESA-2019:3701)
critical Nessus Plugin ID 145603
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Synopsis
The remote CentOS host is missing one or more security updates.Description
The remote CentOS Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CESA-2019:3701 advisory.- curl: NTLM type-2 heap out-of-bounds buffer read (CVE-2018-16890)
- wget: Information exposure in set_file_metadata function in xattr.c (CVE-2018-20483)
- curl: NTLMv2 type-3 header stack buffer overflow (CVE-2019-3822)
- curl: SMTP end-of-response out-of-bounds read (CVE-2019-3823)
Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.
Solution
Update the affected packages.See Also
Plugin Details
Severity: Critical
ID: 145603
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2019-3701.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 1/29/2021
Updated: 12/5/2022
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: High
Score: 7.4
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: High
Base Score: 7.5
Temporal Score: 5.5
Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Temporal Vector: E:U/RL:OF/RC:C
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2019-3822
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: E:U/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:curl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:centos:centos:libcurl-minimal
Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/CentOS/release, Host/CentOS/rpm-list, Host/cpu
Exploit Ease: No known exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/5/2019
Vulnerability Publication Date: 12/26/2018
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2018-16890, CVE-2018-20483, CVE-2019-3822, CVE-2019-3823
RHSA: 2019:3701
CEA-ID: CEA-2019-0227