Improper Validation of Syntactic Correctness of Input Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.79.1-6.amzn2.0.1


medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity High
    User Interaction Required

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.15% (50th percentile)
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NVD
3.7 low
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SUSE
3.7 low
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Red Hat
3.1 low

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN2-CURL-3110067
  • published 9 Nov 2022
  • disclosed 23 Sep 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2 curl to version 0:7.79.1-6.amzn2.0.1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS2-2022-1875.

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.

When curl is used to retrieve and parse cookies from a HTTP(S) server, itaccepts cookies using control codes that when later are sent back to a HTTPserver might make the server return 400 responses. Effectively allowing a"sister site" to deny service to all siblings.