Free and open-source vulnerability scanner

Mageni eases for you the vulnerability scanning, assessment, and management process. It is free and open-source.

Install Now

Available for macOS, Windows, and Linux

App screenshot

Ubuntu: Security Advisory for curl (USN-4402-1)

Information

Severity

Severity

Medium

Family

Family

Ubuntu Local Security Checks

CVSSv2 Base

CVSSv2 Base

5.0

CVSSv2 Vector

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Solution Type

Solution Type

Vendor Patch

Created

Created

3 years ago

Modified

Modified

3 years ago

Summary

The remote host is missing an update for the 'curl' package(s) announced via the USN-4402-1 advisory.

Insight

Insight

Marek Szlagor, Gregory Jefferis and Jeroen Ooms discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain credentials. An attacker could possibly use this issue to expose sensitive information. This issue only affected Ubuntu 19.10 and Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. (CVE-2020-8169) It was discovered that curl incorrectly handled certain parameters. An attacker could possibly use this issue to overwrite a local file. (CVE-2020-8177)

Affected Software

Affected Software

'curl' package(s) on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS, Ubuntu 19.10, Ubuntu 18.04 LTS, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS.

Detection Method

Detection Method

Checks if a vulnerable package version is present on the target host.

Solution

Solution

Please install the updated package(s).

Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures (CVE)