Use of Uninitialized Resource Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-12.amzn2.0.4


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.26% (66th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN2-CURL-1699089
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed11 Jun 2021

Introduced: 11 Jun 2021

CVE-2021-22898  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-908  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 curl to version 0:7.61.1-12.amzn2.0.4 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1653.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.7 through 7.76.1 suffers from an information disclosure when the -t command line option, known as CURLOPT_TELNETOPTIONS in libcurl, is used to send variable=content pairs to TELNET servers. Due to a flaw in the option parser for sending NEW_ENV variables, libcurl could be made to pass on uninitialized data from a stack based buffer to the server, resulting in potentially revealing sensitive internal information to the server using a clear-text network protocol.

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