Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-1000254

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  script_id(220083);
  script_version("1.3");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"plugin_modification_date", value:"2025/09/15");

  script_cve_id("CVE-2017-1000254");

  script_name(english:"Linux Distros Unpatched Vulnerability : CVE-2017-1000254");

  script_set_attribute(attribute:"synopsis", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed with a vulnerability that the vendor indicates will not be
patched.");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"description", value:
"The Linux/Unix host has one or more packages installed that are impacted by a vulnerability without a vendor supplied
patch available.

  - libcurl may read outside of a heap allocated buffer when doing FTP. When libcurl connects to an FTP server
    and successfully logs in (anonymous or not), it asks the server for the current directory with the `PWD`
    command. The server then responds with a 257 response containing the path, inside double quotes. The
    returned path name is then kept by libcurl for subsequent uses. Due to a flaw in the string parser for
    this directory name, a directory name passed like this but without a closing double quote would lead to
    libcurl not adding a trailing NUL byte to the buffer holding the name. When libcurl would then later
    access the string, it could read beyond the allocated heap buffer and crash or wrongly access data beyond
    the buffer, thinking it was part of the path. A malicious server could abuse this fact and effectively
    prevent libcurl-based clients to work with it - the PWD command is always issued on new FTP connections
    and the mistake has a high chance of causing a segfault. The simple fact that this has issue remained
    undiscovered for this long could suggest that malformed PWD responses are rare in benign servers. We are
    not aware of any exploit of this flaw. This bug was introduced in commit
    [415d2e7cb7](https://github.com/curl/curl/commit/415d2e7cb7), March 2005. In libcurl version 7.56.0, the
    parser always zero terminates the string but also rejects it if not terminated properly with a final
    double quote. (CVE-2017-1000254)

Note that Nessus relies on the presence of the package as reported by the vendor.");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"solution", value:
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  script_set_cvss_base_vector("CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P");
  script_set_cvss_temporal_vector("CVSS2#E:U/RL:OF/RC:C");
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  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploitability_ease", value:"No known exploits are available");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"exploit_available", value:"false");
  script_set_attribute(attribute:"vendor_unpatched", value:"true");

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  script_dependencies("set_linux_os_id.nasl", "ssh_get_info2.nasl");
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if (!get_kb_item("global_settings/vendor_unpatched")) exit(0, "Unpatched Vulnerabilities Detection not active.");
if (!get_kb_item("Host/local_checks_enabled")) audit(AUDIT_LOCAL_CHECKS_NOT_ENABLED);
if (empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/CentOS/rpm-list")) && empty_or_null(get_one_kb_item("Host/RedHat/rpm-list"))) audit(AUDIT_PACKAGE_LIST_MISSING);

include('linux_unpatched.inc');

var distro_constraints_array = {
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-5": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "5",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "curl"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "CentOS Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "curl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-6": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "6",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "curl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  },
  "Red Hat Enterprise Linux-7": {
    "package_manager": "rpm-list",
    "constraints": [
      {
        "release": "7",
        "pkgs": [
          {"reference": "curl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl"},
          {"reference": "libcurl-devel"}
        ]
      }
    ]
  }
};

var distro_constraints_values = linux_unpatched::get_distro_constraints(distro_constraints_arr:distro_constraints_array);
if (empty_or_null(distro_constraints_values)) audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
var report = linux_unpatched::check_unpatched_constraints(distro_constraints_values:distro_constraints_values);

if (!empty_or_null(report))
{
  security_report_v4(
      port       : 0,
      severity   : SECURITY_WARNING,
      extra      : report
  );
  exit(0);
}
else
{
  audit(AUDIT_HOST_NOT, 'affected');
}