Improper Certificate Validation Affecting curl package, versions <0:7.61.1-12.101.amzn1


medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Integrity High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.19% (56th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
7.5 high
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Red Hat
7.5 high

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-AMZN201803-CURL-3157597
  • published 6 Dec 2022
  • disclosed 2 Jun 2022

How to fix?

Upgrade Amazon-Linux:2018.03 curl to version 0:7.61.1-12.101.amzn1 or higher.
This issue was patched in ALAS-2022-1646.

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:2018.03 relevant fixed versions and status.

libcurl would reuse a previously created connection even when a TLS or SSHrelated option had been changed that should have prohibited reuse.libcurl keeps previously used connections in a connection pool for subsequenttransfers to reuse if one of them matches the setup. However, several TLS andSSH settings were left out from the configuration match checks, making themmatch too easily.