Information Exposure Affecting curl package, versions <7.66.0-4.3.1


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.48% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-CURL-2708858
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed24 Jun 2020

Introduced: 24 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-8169  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-200  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 curl to version 7.66.0-4.3.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).

CVSS Scores

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