Improper Certificate Validation Affecting curl package, versions <7.83.1-r0


0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE317-CURL-3139279
  • published 24 May 2022
  • disclosed 2 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Alpine:3.17 curl to version 7.83.1-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:3.17 relevant fixed versions and status.

libcurl would reuse a previously created connection even when a TLS or SSHrelated option had been changed that should have prohibited reuse.libcurl keeps previously used connections in a connection pool for subsequenttransfers to reuse if one of them matches the setup. However, several TLS andSSH settings were left out from the configuration match checks, making themmatch too easily.