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CentOS Update for curl CESA-2009:1209 centos5 i386

🗓️ 09 Aug 2011 00:00:00Reported by Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AGType 
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The remote host is missing an update for the 'curl' package(s) announced via the referenced advisory. cURL is a tool for getting files from various servers using different protocols. It is affected by a 'null prefix attack' that could allow an attacker to confuse cURL into accepting a carefully-crafted certificate by mistake (CVE-2009-2417). Upgrade to updated packages

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# SPDX-FileCopyrightText: 2011 Greenbone AG
# Some text descriptions might be excerpted from (a) referenced
# source(s), and are Copyright (C) by the respective right holder(s).
#
# SPDX-License-Identifier: GPL-2.0-only

if(description)
{
  script_xref(name:"URL", value:"http://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-announce/2009-August/016095.html");
  script_oid("1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.880682");
  script_version("2026-04-24T06:23:04+0000");
  script_tag(name:"last_modification", value:"2026-04-24 06:23:04 +0000 (Fri, 24 Apr 2026)");
  script_tag(name:"creation_date", value:"2011-08-09 08:20:34 +0200 (Tue, 09 Aug 2011)");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base", value:"7.5");
  script_tag(name:"cvss_base_vector", value:"AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P");
  script_xref(name:"CESA", value:"2009:1209");
  script_cve_id("CVE-2009-2417");
  script_name("CentOS Update for curl CESA-2009:1209 centos5 i386");

  script_tag(name:"summary", value:"The remote host is missing an update for the 'curl'
  package(s) announced via the referenced advisory.");
  script_category(ACT_GATHER_INFO);
  script_copyright("Copyright (C) 2011 Greenbone AG");
  script_family("CentOS Local Security Checks");
  script_dependencies("gather-package-list.nasl");
  script_mandatory_keys("ssh/login/centos", "ssh/login/rpms", re:"ssh/login/release=CentOS5");
  script_tag(name:"affected", value:"curl on CentOS 5");
  script_tag(name:"insight", value:"cURL is a tool for getting files from FTP, HTTP, Gopher, Telnet, and Dict
  servers, using any of the supported protocols. cURL is designed to work
  without user interaction or any kind of interactivity.

  Scott Cantor reported that cURL is affected by the previously published
  'null prefix attack', caused by incorrect handling of NULL characters in
  X.509 certificates. If an attacker is able to get a carefully-crafted
  certificate signed by a trusted Certificate Authority, the attacker could
  use the certificate during a man-in-the-middle attack and potentially
  confuse cURL into accepting it by mistake. (CVE-2009-2417)

  cURL users should upgrade to these updated packages, which contain a
  backported patch to correct these issues. All running applications using
  libcurl must be restarted for the update to take effect.");
  script_tag(name:"solution", value:"Please install the updated packages.");
  script_tag(name:"qod_type", value:"package");
  script_tag(name:"solution_type", value:"VendorFix");
  exit(0);
}

include("revisions-lib.inc");
include("pkg-lib-rpm.inc");

release = rpm_get_ssh_release();
if(!release)
  exit(0);

res = "";

if(release == "CentOS5")
{

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"curl", rpm:"curl~7.15.5~2.1.el5_3.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if ((res = isrpmvuln(pkg:"curl-devel", rpm:"curl-devel~7.15.5~2.1.el5_3.5", rls:"CentOS5")) != NULL)
  {
    security_message(data:res);
    exit(0);
  }

  if (__pkg_match) exit(99);
  exit(0);
}

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