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CentOS 8 : curl (CESA-2021:4511)
medium Nessus Plugin ID 155067
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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-2021:4511 advisory.- curl: Leak of authentication credentials in URL via automatic Referer (CVE-2021-22876)
- CVE-2021-22925 curl: Incorrect fix for TELNET stack contents disclosure (CVE-2021-22898)
- curl: Incorrect fix for CVE-2021-22898 TELNET stack contents disclosure (CVE-2021-22925)
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: Medium
ID: 155067
File Name: centos8_RHSA-2021-4511.nasl
Version: 1.5
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: CentOS Local Security Checks
Published: 11/11/2021
Updated: 11/24/2023
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
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-2021-22925
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Medium
Base Score: 5.3
Temporal Score: 4.8
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: cpe:/o:centos:centos:8-stream, 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 Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/9/2021
Vulnerability Publication Date: 4/1/2021
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2021-22876, CVE-2021-22898, CVE-2021-22925
IAVA: 2021-A-0352-S, 2021-A-0437-S
RHSA: 2021:4511