Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / libcurl / etc (crlsa-2023_1140)

medium Nessus Plugin ID 355949

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 a vulnerability as referenced in the CIQ crlsa-2023_1140 advisory.

* curl: HTTP multi-header compression denial of service (CVE-2023-23916)

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

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 based on the guidance in CIQ advisory crlsa-2023_1140.

See Also

https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2023:1140

https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=2167815

https://errata.build.resf.org/RLSA-2023:1140

http://www.nessus.org/u?809f0af7

http://www.nessus.org/u?a80b802b

Plugin Details

Severity: Medium

ID: 355949

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2023_1140.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: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.51

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.8

Temporal Score: 6.1

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2023-23916

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 6.5

Temporal Score: 5.9

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

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: 3/8/2023

Vulnerability Publication Date: 1/5/2023

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2023-23916