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Test ID:1.3.6.1.4.1.25623.1.0.704007
Category:Debian Local Security Checks
Title:Debian: Security Advisory (DSA-4007-1)
Summary:The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'curl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4007-1 advisory.
Description:Summary:
The remote host is missing an update for the Debian 'curl' package(s) announced via the DSA-4007-1 advisory.

Vulnerability Insight:
Brian Carpenter, Geeknik Labs and 0xd34db347 discovered that cURL, an URL transfer library, incorrectly parsed an IMAP FETCH response with size 0, leading to an out-of-bounds read.

For the oldstable distribution (jessie), this problem has been fixed in version 7.38.0-4+deb8u7.

For the stable distribution (stretch), this problem has been fixed in version 7.52.1-5+deb9u2.

For the unstable distribution (sid), this problem has been fixed in version 7.56.1-1.

We recommend that you upgrade your curl packages.

Affected Software/OS:
'curl' package(s) on Debian 8, Debian 9.

Solution:
Please install the updated package(s).

CVSS Score:
6.4

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

Cross-Ref: Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2017-1000257
BugTraq ID: 101519
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/101519
Debian Security Information: DSA-4007 (Google Search)
http://www.debian.org/security/2017/dsa-4007
https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201712-04
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2017:3263
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2017:3263
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:2486
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
RedHat Security Advisories: RHSA-2018:3558
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039644
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