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Information Exposure Affecting curl package, versions <7.68.0-1ubuntu2.1

medium

Snyk CVSS

    Attack Complexity Low
    Confidentiality High

    Threat Intelligence

    EPSS 0.65% (80th percentile)
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NVD
7.5 high
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SUSE
5.3 medium
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Red Hat
5.9 medium

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  • Snyk ID SNYK-UBUNTU2004-CURL-581273
  • published 24 Jun 2020
  • disclosed 14 Dec 2020
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Introduced: 24 Jun 2020

CVE-2020-8169 Open this link in a new tab
CWE-200 Open this link in a new tab

How to fix?

Upgrade Ubuntu:20.04 curl to version 7.68.0-1ubuntu2.1 or higher.

NVD Description

Note: Versions mentioned in the description apply only to the upstream curl package and not the curl package as distributed by Ubuntu. See How to fix? for Ubuntu:20.04 relevant fixed versions and status.

curl 7.62.0 through 7.70.0 is vulnerable to an information disclosure vulnerability that can lead to a partial password being leaked over the network and to the DNS server(s).