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openSUSE Security Update : curl (curl-1232)

high Nessus Plugin ID 40788

Synopsis

The remote openSUSE host is missing a security update.

Description

curl did not detect embedded null characters in certificate names. By using specially crafted certificates attackers could exploit that to conduct man in the middle attacks (CVE-2009-2417).

Note the previous update that was supposed to fix the issue accidentally lacked the actual fix which was corrected this time.

Solution

Update the affected curl packages.

See Also

https://bugzilla.novell.com/show_bug.cgi?id=527990

Plugin Details

Severity: High

ID: 40788

File Name: suse_11_1_curl-090820.nasl

Version: 1.9

Type: local

Agent: unix

Published: 8/27/2009

Updated: 1/14/2021

Supported Sensors: Frictionless Assessment AWS, Frictionless Assessment Azure, Frictionless Assessment Agent, Nessus Agent, Nessus

Risk Information

VPR

Risk Factor: Medium

Score: 5.5

CVSS v2

Risk Factor: High

Base Score: 7.5

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

Vulnerability Information

CPE: p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:curl, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl-devel, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4, p-cpe:/a:novell:opensuse:libcurl4-32bit, cpe:/o:novell:opensuse:11.1

Required KB Items: Host/local_checks_enabled, Host/cpu, Host/SuSE/release, Host/SuSE/rpm-list

Patch Publication Date: 8/20/2009

Reference Information

CVE: CVE-2009-2417

CWE: 310