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Out-of-Bounds Affecting libcurl package, versions <0:7.61.1-9.amzn2.0.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCURL-1668919
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 31 Oct 2018
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Introduced: 31 Oct 2018

CVE-2018-16839 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-119 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcurl to version 0:7.61.1-9.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2019-1162.

NVD Description

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

Curl versions 7.33.0 through 7.61.1 are vulnerable to a buffer overrun in the SASL authentication code that may lead to denial of service.