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RHEL 8 : curl (RHSA-2023:7540)
low Nessus Plugin ID 189639
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Synopsis
The remote Red Hat host is missing a security update for curl.Description
The remote Redhat Enterprise Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the RHSA-2023:7540 advisory.- curl: cookie injection with none file (CVE-2023-38546)
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 RHEL curl package based on the guidance in RHSA-2023:7540.See Also
http://www.nessus.org/u?03a29807
https://access.redhat.com/security/updates/classification/#low
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2240032
Plugin Details
Severity: Low
ID: 189639
File Name: redhat-RHSA-2023-7540.nasl
Version: 1.4
Type: local
Agent: unix
Family: Red Hat Local Security Checks
Published: 1/26/2024
Updated: 4/29/2024
Supported Sensors: Agentless Assessment, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Nessus Agent, Nessus
Risk Information
VPR
Risk Factor: Low
Score: 2.2
CVSS v2
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 2.6
Temporal Score: 2
Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-38546
CVSS v3
Risk Factor: Low
Base Score: 3.7
Temporal Score: 3.4
Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N
Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C
Vulnerability Information
CPE: p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:libcurl-minimal, cpe:/o:redhat:rhel_eus:8.8, p-cpe:/a:redhat:enterprise_linux:curl
Required KB Items: Host/cpu, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RedHat/release, Host/RedHat/rpm-list
Exploit Available: true
Exploit Ease: Exploits are available
Patch Publication Date: 11/28/2023
Vulnerability Publication Date: 10/10/2023
Reference Information
CVE: CVE-2023-38546