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HistoryAug 30, 2019 - 2:40 a.m.

curl, libcurl security update

2019-08-3002:40:11
CentOS Project
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CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

81.3%

CentOS Errata and Security Advisory CESA-2019:2181

The curl packages provide the libcurl library and the curl utility for downloading files from servers using various protocols, including HTTP, FTP, and LDAP.

Security Fix(es):

  • curl: Heap-based buffer over-read in the curl tool warning formatting (CVE-2018-16842)

For more details about the security issue(s), including the impact, a CVSS score, acknowledgments, and other related information, refer to the CVE page(s) listed in the References section.

Additional Changes:

For detailed information on changes in this release, see the Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.7 Release Notes linked from the References section.

Merged security bulletin from advisories:
https://lists.centos.org/pipermail/centos-cr-announce/2019-August/032112.html

Affected packages:
curl
libcurl
libcurl-devel

Upstream details at:
https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:2181

CVSS2

6.4

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Authentication

NONE

Confidentiality Impact

PARTIAL

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

PARTIAL

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:P

CVSS3

9.1

Attack Vector

NETWORK

Attack Complexity

LOW

Privileges Required

NONE

User Interaction

NONE

Scope

UNCHANGED

Confidentiality Impact

HIGH

Integrity Impact

NONE

Availability Impact

HIGH

CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:N/A:H

EPSS

0.007

Percentile

81.3%