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Out-of-bounds Read Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.55.1-12.amzn2.0.1

high

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.51% (77th percentile)
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NVD
9.1 critical
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5.4 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-CURL-1662806
  • published 27 Sep 2021
  • disclosed 24 May 2018
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Introduced: 24 May 2018

CVE-2018-1000301 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-125 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 curl to version 0:7.55.1-12.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2018-1029.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Amazon-Linux. See How to fix? for Amazon-Linux:2 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.

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