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HistoryMar 17, 2024 - 12:00 a.m.

Debian dla-3763 : curl - security update

2024-03-1700:00:00
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debian 10
path traversal
curl security update
vulnerability
arbitrary code
sftp implementation

7.7 High

AI Score

Confidence

Low

The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3763 advisory.

  • A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as the first element to indicate a path relative to the user’s home directory. Attackers can exploit this flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a server with a specific user. (CVE-2023-27534)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application’s self-reported version number.

#%NASL_MIN_LEVEL 80900
#
# (C) Tenable, Inc.
#
# The descriptive text and package checks in this plugin were
# extracted from Debian Security Advisory dla-3763. The text
# itself is copyright (C) Software in the Public Interest, Inc.
#

include('compat.inc');

if (description)
{
  script_id(192185);
  script_version("1.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2024/03/17");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2023-27534");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0153-S");
  script_xref(name:"IAVA", value:"2023-A-0531-S");

  script_name(english:"Debian dla-3763 : curl - security update");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The remote Debian host is missing a security-related update.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The remote Debian 10 host has packages installed that are affected by a vulnerability as referenced in the dla-3763
advisory.

  - A path traversal vulnerability exists in curl <8.0.0 SFTP implementation causes the tilde (~) character to
    be wrongly replaced when used as a prefix in the first path element, in addition to its intended use as
    the first element to indicate a path relative to the user's home directory. Attackers can exploit this
    flaw to bypass filtering or execute arbitrary code by crafting a path like /~2/foo while accessing a
    server with a specific user. (CVE-2023-27534)

Note that Nessus has not tested for this issue but has instead relied only on the application's self-reported version
number.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/source-package/curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2023-27534");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"see_also", value:"https://packages.debian.org/source/buster/curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
"Upgrade the curl packages.");
  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:POC/RL:OF/RC:C");
  script_set_cvss3_base_vector("CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:H/A:H");
  script_set_cvss3_temporal_vector("CVSS:3.0/E:P/RL:O/RC:C");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cvss_score_source", value:"CVE-2023-27534");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"Exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"true");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vuln_publication_date", value:"2023/03/20");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"patch_publication_date", value:"2024/03/17");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_publication_date", value:"2024/03/17");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_type", value:"local");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:curl");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-gnutls");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-nss");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-doc");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"cpe", value:"cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"generated_plugin", value:"current");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"stig_severity", value:"I");
  script_end_attributes();

  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_family(english:"Debian Local Security Checks");

  script_copyright(english:"This script is Copyright (C) 2024 and is owned by Tenable, Inc. or an Affiliate thereof.");

  script_dependencies("ssh_get_info.nasl");
  script_require_keys("Host/local_checks_enabled", "Host/Debian/release", "Host/Debian/dpkg-l");

  exit(0);
}

include('debian_package.inc');

if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (!get_kb_item("Host/Debian/dpkg-l")) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

var debian_release = get_kb_item('Host/Debian/release');
if ( isnull(debian_release) ) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian');
debian_release = chomp(debian_release);
if (! preg(pattern:"^(10)\.[0-9]+", string:debian_release)) audit(AUDIT_OS_NOT, 'Debian 10.0', 'Debian ' + debian_release);
var cpu = get_kb_item('Host/cpu');
if (isnull(cpu)) audit(AUDIT_UNKNOWN_ARCH);
if ('x86_64' >!< cpu && cpu !~ "^i[3-6]86$" && 'aarch64' >!< cpu) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_IMPLEMENTED, 'Debian', cpu);

var pkgs = [
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'curl', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl3-gnutls', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl3-nss', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl4', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl4-doc', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl4-gnutls-dev', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl4-nss-dev', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'},
    {'release': '10.0', 'prefix': 'libcurl4-openssl-dev', 'reference': '7.64.0-4+deb10u9'}
];

var flag = 0;
foreach package_array ( pkgs ) {
  var _release = NULL;
  var prefix = NULL;
  var reference = NULL;
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['release'])) _release = package_array['release'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['prefix'])) prefix = package_array['prefix'];
  if (!empty_or_null(package_array['reference'])) reference = package_array['reference'];
  if (_release && prefix && reference) {
    if (deb_check(release:_release, prefix:prefix, reference:reference)) flag++;
  }
}

if (flag)
{
  security_report_v4(
    port       : 0,
    severity   : SECURITY_HOLE,
    extra      : deb_report_get()
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  var tested = deb_pkg_tests_get();
  if (tested) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_AFFECTED, tested);
  else audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_NOT_INSTALLED, 'curl / libcurl3-gnutls / libcurl3-nss / libcurl4 / libcurl4-doc / etc');
}
VendorProductVersionCPE
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl4p-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4
debiandebian_linuxcurlp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:curl
debiandebian_linux10.0cpe:/o:debian:debian_linux:10.0
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl3-nssp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-nss
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl4-gnutls-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-gnutls-dev
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl4-docp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-doc
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl3-gnutlsp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl3-gnutls
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl4-nss-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-nss-dev
debiandebian_linuxlibcurl4-openssl-devp-cpe:/a:debian:debian_linux:libcurl4-openssl-dev