Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.2


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.1% (43rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CURL-3851615
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed24 Jun 2020

Introduced: 24 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-8177  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-74  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 curl to version 0:7.61.1-12.el8_2.2 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-2020:5417.

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.

curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.

CVSS Scores

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