Improper Initialization Affecting curl package, versions <7.52.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.85% (82nd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ALPINE315-CURL-1926809
  • published23 Apr 2018
  • disclosed23 Apr 2018

Introduced: 23 Apr 2018

CVE-2016-9594  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-665  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.15 curl to version 7.52.1-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 before version 7.52.1 is vulnerable to an uninitialized random in libcurl's internal function that returns a good 32bit random value. Having a weak or virtually non-existent random value makes the operations that use it vulnerable.