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

Severity

 Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    1.24% (86th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCURL-1668930
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 29 Nov 2017
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Introduced: 29 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-8817 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 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.

The FTP wildcard function in curl and libcurl before 7.57.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (out-of-bounds read and application crash) or possibly have unspecified other impact via a string that ends with an '[' character.