Improper Initialization Affecting curl package, versions <7.52.1-r0


Severity

Recommended
0.0
high
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.24% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-CURL-2841895
  • published 23 Apr 2018
  • disclosed 23 Apr 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 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:3.16 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.