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Improper Authentication Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.47.1-8.65.amzn1

Severity

 Recommended
low

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.36% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CURL-1701489
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed3 Oct 2016
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Introduced: 3 Oct 2016

CVE-2016-7141  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-287  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 curl to version 0:7.47.1-8.65.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2016-742.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl and libcurl before 7.50.2, when built with NSS and the libnsspem.so library is available at runtime, allow remote attackers to hijack the authentication of a TLS connection by leveraging reuse of a previously loaded client certificate from file for a connection for which no certificate has been set, a different vulnerability than CVE-2016-5420.