Executive Summary

Summary
Title curl vulnerability
Informations
Name USN-484-1 First vendor Publication 2007-07-17
Vendor Ubuntu Last vendor Modification 2007-07-17
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 the following Ubuntu releases:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS Ubuntu 6.10 Ubuntu 7.04

This advisory also applies to the corresponding versions of Kubuntu, Edubuntu, and Xubuntu.

The problem can be corrected by upgrading your system to the following package versions:

Ubuntu 6.06 LTS:
libcurl3-gnutls 7.15.1-1ubuntu2.1

Ubuntu 6.10:
libcurl3-gnutls 7.15.4-1ubuntu2.2

Ubuntu 7.04:
libcurl3-gnutls 7.15.5-1ubuntu2.1

After a standard system upgrade you need to reboot your computer to effect the necessary changes.

Details follow:

It was discovered that the GnuTLS certificate verification methods implemented in Curl did not check for expiration and activation dates. When performing validations, tools using libcurl3-gnutls would incorrectly allow connections to sites using expired certificates.

Original Source

Url : http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-484-1

OVAL Definitions

Definition Id: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20515
 
Oval ID: oval:org.mitre.oval:def:20515
Title: DSA-1333-1 curl
Description: It has been discovered that the GnuTLS certificate verification methods implemented in libcurl-gnutls, a solid, usable, and portable multi-protocol file transfer library, did not check for expired or invalid dates.
Family: unix Class: patch
Reference(s): DSA-1333-1
CVE-2007-3564
Version: 5
Platform(s): Debian GNU/Linux 4.0
Product(s): curl
Definition Synopsis:

CPE : Common Platform Enumeration

TypeDescriptionCount
Application 7

OpenVAS Exploits

Date Description
2009-03-23 Name : Ubuntu Update for curl vulnerability USN-484-1
File : nvt/gb_ubuntu_USN_484_1.nasl
2008-01-17 Name : Debian Security Advisory DSA 1333-1 (libcurl3-gnutls)
File : nvt/deb_1333_1.nasl

Open Source Vulnerability Database (OSVDB)

Id Description
38207 cURL/libcURL with GnuTLS SSL/TLS Certificate Access Restriction Bypass

Nessus® Vulnerability Scanner

Date Description
2007-11-10 Name : The remote Ubuntu host is missing one or more security-related patches.
File : ubuntu_USN-484-1.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO
2007-07-23 Name : The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.
File : debian_DSA-1333.nasl - Type : ACT_GATHER_INFO

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