Out-of-Bounds Affecting curl package, versions <7.53.1-r2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
low
0
10

Snyk's Security Team recommends NVD's CVSS assessment

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.11% (45th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-CURL-2841955
  • published 3 Apr 2017
  • disclosed 3 Apr 2017

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.16 curl to version 7.53.1-r2 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.

The ourWriteOut function in tool_writeout.c in curl 7.53.1 might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory in opportunistic circumstances by reading a workstation screen during use of a --write-out argument ending in a '%' character, which leads to a heap-based buffer over-read.

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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Red Hat

2.4 low
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Physical
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    Low
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    None