Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <7.47.0-1ubuntu2.8


Severity

Recommended
medium

Based on Ubuntu security rating

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS
    0.47% (76th percentile)

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU1604-CURL-358723
  • published 24 May 2018
  • disclosed 24 May 2018

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:16.04 curl to version 7.47.0-1ubuntu2.8 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:16.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl version curl 7.20.0 to and including curl 7.59.0 contains a CWE-126: Buffer Over-read vulnerability in denial of service that can result in curl can be tricked into reading data beyond the end of a heap based buffer used to store downloaded RTSP content.. This vulnerability appears to have been fixed in curl < 7.20.0 and curl >= 7.60.0.