Use After Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.72.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
0.36% (73rd
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE316-CURL-2842095
- published 10 Dec 2020
- disclosed 14 Dec 2020
Introduced: 10 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-8231 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.16 curl to version 7.72.0-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:3.16 relevant fixed versions and status.
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
References
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/948876
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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