Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / libcurl / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2023_4523)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355041

Synopsis

The Rocky Linux host is missing one or more security updates.

Description

The Rocky Linux 8 host has packages installed that are affected by multiple vulnerabilities as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_4523 advisory.

* curl: GSS delegation too eager connection re-use (CVE-2023-27536)

* curl: IDN wildcard match may lead to Improper Cerificate Validation (CVE-2023-28321)

Tenable has extracted the preceding description block directly from the CIQ security advisory.

Note that Nessus has not tested for these issues but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version number.

Solution

Update the affected packages based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_4523.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:4523

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2179092

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2196786

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:4523

http://www.nessus.org/u?2219f4d0

http://www.nessus.org/u?41a9f8d2

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355041

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_4523.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

Supported Sensors: Continuous Assessment, Nessus Agent, Tenable Cloud Security, Tenable Self-Hosted Container Security, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.7

Percentile: 96.65

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.4

Temporal Score: 4.2

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-28321

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5.9

Temporal Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:H/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Temporal Vector: CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C

Vulnerability Information

Required KB Items: Host/OS/extended-third-party, Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/cpu

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 10/6/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 3/20/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-27536, CVE-2023-28321