Rocky Linux 8 [CIQ] Security Update: curl / curl-debuginfo / curl-debugsource / libcurl / etc Multiple Vulnerabilities (crlsa-2021_1610)

high Nessus Plugin ID 359424

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-2021_1610 advisory.

* curl: FTP PASV command response can cause curl to connect to arbitrary host (CVE-2020-8284)

* curl: Malicious FTP server can trigger stack overflow when CURLOPT_CHUNK_BGN_FUNCTION is used (CVE-2020-8285)

* curl: Inferior OCSP verification (CVE-2020-8286)

* curl: Expired pointer dereference via multi API with CURLOPT_CONNECT_ONLY option set (CVE-2020-8231)

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-2021_1610.

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 359424

File Name: ciq_rocky_linux_8_crlsa-2021_1610.nasl

Version: 1.1

Type: Local

Family: Rocky Linux Local Security Checks

Published: 10/1/2026

Updated: 10/1/2026

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

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Low

Score: 3

Percentile: 23.18

Vendor

Vendor Severity: Unknown

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: Medium

Base Score: 5

Temporal Score: 3.9

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

CVSS Score Source: CVE-2020-8286

CVSS v3

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

Temporal Score: 6.7

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/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/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/RockyLinux/release, Host/RockyLinux/rpm-list, Host/OS/extended-third-party

Exploit Available: true

Exploit Ease: Exploits are available

Patch Publication Date: 5/18/2021

Vulnerability Publication Date: 8/19/2020

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2020-8231, CVE-2020-8284, CVE-2020-8285, CVE-2020-8286

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