Use After Free Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-12.el8


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
1.58% (88th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CURL-3732532
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed11 Sept 2019

Introduced: 11 Sep 2019

CVE-2019-5481  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 curl to version 0:7.61.1-12.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:1792.

NVD Description

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

Double-free vulnerability in the FTP-kerberos code in cURL 7.52.0 to 7.65.3.

CVSS Scores

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