Missing Release of Resource after Effective Lifetime Affecting curl package, versions *


medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.05% (15th percentile)
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Red Hat
7.5 high
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SUSE
6.5 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-CENTOS8-CURL-6505995
  • published 27 Mar 2024
  • disclosed 27 Mar 2024

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for Centos:8 curl.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Centos. See How to fix? for Centos:8 relevant fixed versions and status.

When an application tells libcurl it wants to allow HTTP/2 server push, and the amount of received headers for the push surpasses the maximum allowed limit (1000), libcurl aborts the server push. When aborting, libcurl inadvertently does not free all the previously allocated headers and instead leaks the memory. Further, this error condition fails silently and is therefore not easily detected by an application.