Use After Free Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <0:7.61.1-18.el8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Rocky Linux security rating.

Threat Intelligence

Exploit Maturity
Not Defined
EPSS
0.39% (74th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-ROCKY8-LIBCURLDEVEL-3295474
  • published3 Feb 2023
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 14 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-8231  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-416  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Rocky-Linux:8 libcurl-devel to version 0:7.61.1-18.el8 or higher.
This issue was patched in RLSA-2021:1610.

NVD Description

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

Due to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.

CVSS Scores

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