Uncontrolled Recursion Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-18.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Oracle Linux security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.71% (81st percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-ORACLE8-CURL-2582002
  • published 10 Apr 2022
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2020

How to fix?

Upgrade Oracle:8 curl to version 0:7.61.1-18.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in ELSA-2021-1610.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Oracle. See How to fix? for Oracle:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.

References

CVSS Scores

version 3.1
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NVD

7.5 high
  • Attack Vector (AV)
    Network
  • Attack Complexity (AC)
    Low
  • Privileges Required (PR)
    None
  • User Interaction (UI)
    None
  • Scope (S)
    Unchanged
  • Confidentiality (C)
    None
  • Integrity (I)
    None
  • Availability (A)
    High
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SUSE

6.5 medium
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Red Hat

6.5 medium