Out-of-bounds Write Affecting curl package, versions <7.74.0-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-CURL-1926773
  • published12 Dec 2020
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 12 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-8285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 curl to version 7.74.0-r0 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:3.15 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.

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