Out-of-bounds Read Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <0:7.55.1-12.amzn2.0.1


Severity

Recommended
high

Based on Amazon Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.51% (77th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-LIBCURLDEVEL-1662758
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 24 May 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 libcurl-devel to version 0:7.55.1-12.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1029.

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.

curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.