How to Spot the Sneaky CVE-38545 Vulnerability with Daniel's Help

 

How to Spot the Sneaky CVE-38545 Vulnerability with Daniel's Help

Hi there! Dan's got some cool tech talk to share today. 😎 My job at Cloud Tech Company has me acting like a digital detective, and guess what? I've stumbled upon a sneaky bug that some computers and websites have, and I'm going to show you how we can find it and fix it before the bad guys use it to cause trouble!

This one's a bit technical, so strap in, and let's turn on our super-spy mode. This bug has a code name: CVE-38545. "CVE" stands for Common Vulnerabilities and Exposures, kinda like having a list of all the secret trapdoors where a thief might try to sneak into a house. Only, this house is made up of computers and websites. 🕵️‍♂️

Imagine that these trapdoors are not well hidden; they're listed online so that everyone, even the thieves, can see them. It's our job to lock those doors before the thieves find them. That's what cybersecurity folks do — they find these trapdoors (or bugs) and create special locks for them (which we call 'patches').

So, what's this CVE-38545 all about? It's a bug in something called curl, which is a tool that computers use to talk to each other and share files. It's used everywhere — in Windows computers, Linux systems, and even those virtual boxes we call 'Docker containers'. And just like how we check the doors before we go to bed, we've got to check our computers for this bug.

Let's play the bug detective game with our Windows 11 Enterprise first, shall we? 🧐

Here's what we'd do:

1. Go to the magical search box on the computer (also known as the 'Command Prompt').
2. Then, type in this spell: curl -V. This is like asking the computer to tell us if it's got the bug.

C:\Windows\System32>curl -V

If the computer says it has version 8.0.1 of curl, then bingo — we've found the bug! 🐛 But don't worry, I'm here to help you understand how to fix it and keep our computer safe from those pesky digital thieves.

Stick around, and in my next trick, I'll show you how to lock these trapdoors on our Windows and Linux systems before we get our hands dirty with Docker containers. It's going to be a fun ride, and by the end, you'll be just as good at bug hunting as Dan!

Stay tuned, and let's keep our computers safe together! 🖥️🔐