Use After Free Affecting libcurl-devel package, versions <7.66.0-4.6.1


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on SUSE Linux Enterprise Server security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
5.34% (93rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-SLES152-LIBCURLDEVEL-2702738
  • published14 Apr 2022
  • disclosed2 Sept 2020

Introduced: 2 Sep 2020

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

How to fix?

Upgrade SLES:15.2 libcurl-devel to version 7.66.0-4.6.1 or higher.

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 SLES. See How to fix? for SLES:15.2 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 Base Scores

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