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Out-of-bounds Write Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <0:7.55.1-10.amzn2.0.1

Severity

 Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.55% (78th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCURLDEVEL-1662130
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 14 Mar 2018
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Introduced: 14 Mar 2018

CVE-2018-1000120 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-787 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcurl-devel to version 0:7.55.1-10.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-995.

NVD Description

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

A buffer overflow exists in curl 7.12.3 to and including curl 7.58.0 in the FTP URL handling that allows an attacker to cause a denial of service or worse.

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