Untrusted Pointer Dereference Affecting libcurl package, versions <0:7.76.1-4.amzn2.0.1
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0.36% (73rd
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Test your applications- Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCURL-1702373
- published 27 Sep 2021
- disclosed 14 Dec 2020
Introduced: 14 Dec 2020
CVE-2020-8231 Open this link in a new tabHow to fix?
Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcurl to version 0:7.76.1-4.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2021-1693.
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.
Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.
References
- http://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2020-8231
- https://cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf
- https://curl.haxx.se/docs/CVE-2020-8231.html
- https://hackerone.com/reports/948876
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4@%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/202012-14
- https://www.debian.org/security/2021/dsa-4881
- https://www.oracle.com/security-alerts/cpuapr2022.html
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/r58af02e294bd07f487e2c64ffc0a29b837db5600e33b6e698b9d696b%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
- https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/rf4c02775860db415b4955778a131c2795223f61cb8c6a450893651e4%40%3Cissues.bookkeeper.apache.org%3E
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