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Arbitrary Code Injection Affecting curl package, versions [7.62.0,7.71.0)

0.0
high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High
    Availability High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.1% (41st percentile)
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NVD
7.8 high
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SUSE
8.1 high
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Red Hat
5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UNMANAGED-CURL-2317584
  • published 14 Dec 2021
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2020
  • credit Unknown
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Introduced: 14 Dec 2020

CVE-2020-8177 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-74 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade curl to version 7.71.0 or higher.

Overview

curl is a command line tool and library for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, GOPHERS, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, MQTT, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTMPS, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP. libcurl offers a myriad of powerful features.

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Arbitrary Code Injection curl 7.20.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to improper restriction of names for files and other resources that can lead too overwriting a local file when the -J flag is used.

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