Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.53.1-13.80.amzn1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Amazon Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.24% (87th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-AMZN201803-CURL-1709833
  • published27 Sept 2021
  • disclosed29 Nov 2017

Introduced: 29 Nov 2017

CVE-2017-8817  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-125  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 curl to version 0:7.53.1-13.80.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2018-938.

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.

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.