Out-of-bounds Write Affecting curl package, versions <7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating.

Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.83% (83rd percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UBUNTU1404-CURL-1049520
  • published9 Dec 2020
  • disclosed14 Dec 2020

Introduced: 9 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-8285  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-787  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-674  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:14.04 curl to version 7.35.0-1ubuntu2.20+esm6 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 Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:14.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.21.0 to and including 7.73.0 is vulnerable to uncontrolled recursion due to a stack overflow issue in FTP wildcard match parsing.

References

CVSS Base Scores

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