Double Free Affecting curl package, versions <7.51.0-r0
Threat Intelligence
EPSS
1.3% (87th
percentile)
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-ALPINE320-CURL-7008609
- published 23 May 2024
- disclosed 1 Aug 2018
How to fix?
Upgrade Alpine:3.20 curl to version 7.51.0-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:3.20 relevant fixed versions and status.
The function read_data() in security.c in curl before version 7.51.0 is vulnerable to memory double free.
References
- https://curl.haxx.se/CVE-2016-8619.patch
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/adv_20161102E.html
- https://www.tenable.com/security/tns-2016-21
- https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2016-8619
- https://security-tracker.debian.org/tracker/CVE-2016-8619
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201701-47
- http://www.oracle.com/technetwork/security-advisory/cpuoct2018-4428296.html
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2016-8619
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2486
- https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3558
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/94100
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1037192
- http://people.ubuntu.com/~ubuntu-security/cve/CVE-2016-8619