Improper Certificate Validation Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-18.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.35% (73rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-RHEL8-CURL-4025893
  • published26 Jul 2021
  • disclosed9 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-8286  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-295  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade RHEL:8 curl to version 0:7.61.1-18.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RHSA-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 RHEL. See How to fix? for RHEL:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.41.0 through 7.73.0 is vulnerable to an improper check for certificate revocation due to insufficient verification of the OCSP response.

CVSS Scores

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