Executive Summary
| Summary | |
|---|---|
| Title | curl vulnerabilities |
| Informations | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Name | USN-3805-1 | First vendor Publication | 2018-10-31 |
| Vendor | Ubuntu | Last vendor Modification | 2018-10-31 |
| Severity (Vendor) | N/A | Revision | N/A |
Security-Database Scoring CVSS v3
| Cvss vector : N/A | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Overall CVSS Score | NA | ||
| Base Score | NA | Environmental Score | NA |
| impact SubScore | NA | Temporal Score | NA |
| Exploitabality Sub Score | NA | ||
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Security-Database Scoring CVSS v2
| Cvss vector : (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Cvss Base Score | 7.5 | Attack Range | Network |
| Cvss Impact Score | 6.4 | Attack Complexity | Low |
| Cvss Expoit Score | 10 | Authentication | None Required |
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Detail
| A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: - Ubuntu 18.10 - Ubuntu 18.04 LTS - Ubuntu 16.04 LTS - Ubuntu 14.04 LTS Summary: Several security issues were fixed in curl. Software Description: - curl: HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP client and client libraries Details: Harry Sintonen discovered that curl incorrectly handled SASL authentication. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16839) Brian Carpenter discovered that curl incorrectly handled memory when closing certain handles. A remote attacker could use this issue to cause curl to crash, resulting in a denial of service, or possibly execute arbitrary code. (CVE-2018-16840) Brian Carpenter discovered that the curl command-line tool incorrectly handled error messages. A remote attacker could possibly use this issue to obtain sensitive information. (CVE-2018-16842) Update instructions: The problem can be corrected by updating your system to the following package versions: Ubuntu 18.10: Ubuntu 18.04 LTS: Ubuntu 16.04 LTS: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS: In general, a standard system update will make all the necessary changes. References: Package Information: |
Original Source
| Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-3805-1 |
CWE : Common Weakness Enumeration
| % | Id | Name |
|---|---|---|
| 33 % | CWE-416 | Use After Free |
| 33 % | CWE-125 | Out-of-bounds Read |
| 33 % | CWE-119 | Failure to Constrain Operations within the Bounds of a Memory Buffer |
CPE : Common Platform Enumeration
Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner
| Date | Description |
|---|---|
| 2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-298a3d2923.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-69bac0f51c.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-7785911c9e.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2019-01-03 | Name : The remote Fedora host is missing a security update. File : fedora_2018-fdc4ca8675.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-11-07 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security update. File : debian_DLA-1568.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-11-05 | Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update. File : debian_DSA-4331.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-11-02 | Name : The remote FreeBSD host is missing a security-related update. File : freebsd_pkg_e0ab177307c146c691704c5e81c00927.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
| 2018-11-01 | Name : The remote Slackware host is missing a security update. File : Slackware_SSA_2018-304-01.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO |
Alert History
| Date | Informations |
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| 2018-12-07 21:21:51 |
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| 2018-12-07 17:21:23 |
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| 2018-11-02 13:22:56 |
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| 2018-11-01 13:23:07 |
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| 2018-10-31 17:18:53 |
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