Information Exposure Affecting curl package, versions <7.67.0-r1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.65% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE311-CURL-674638
  • published16 Sept 2020
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 16 Sep 2020

CVE-2020-8169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.11 curl to version 7.67.0-r1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Alpine. See How to fix? for Alpine:3.11 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

CVSS Scores

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