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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.1.1.1.2023.5523
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-5523-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'curl' package(s) announced via the DSA-5523-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'curl' package(s) announced via the DSA-5523-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Two security issues were found in Curl, an easy-to-use client-side URL transfer library and command line tool:

CVE-2023-38545

Jay Satiro discovered a buffer overflow in the SOCKS5 proxy handshake.

CVE-2023-38546

It was discovered that under some circumstances libcurl was susceptible to cookie injection.

For the oldstable distribution (bullseye), these problems have been fixed in version 7.74.0-1.3+deb11u10.

For the stable distribution (bookworm), these problems have been fixed in version 7.88.1-10+deb12u4.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

For the detailed security status of curl please refer to its security tracker page at: [link moved to references]

Affected Software/OS:
'curl' package(s) on Debian 11, Debian 12.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
10.0

CVSS Vector:
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38545
https://lists.fedoraproject.org/archives/list/package-announce@lists.fedoraproject.org/message/OGMXNRNSJ4ETDK6FRNU3J7SABXPWCHSQ/
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/34
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/37
http://seclists.org/fulldisclosure/2024/Jan/38
https://www.secpod.com/blog/high-severity-heap-buffer-overflow-vulnerability/
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38545.html
Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2023-38546
https://curl.se/docs/CVE-2023-38546.html
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