CVE-2020-8231

Summary

CVECVE-2020-8231
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2020-12-14 20:15:00 UTC
Updated2024-03-27 16:04:00 UTC
DescriptionDue to use of a dangling pointer, libcurl 7.29.0 through 7.71.1 can use the wrong connection when sending data.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: CWE-416

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Operating System Debian Debian Linux 10.0 All All All
Application Haxx Libcurl All All All All
Application Oracle Communications Cloud Native Core Policy 1.14.0 All All All
Application Siemens Sinec Infrastructure Network Services All All All All
Application Splunk Universal Forwarder All All All All
Application Splunk Universal Forwarder 9.1.0 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
cURL: Multiple vulnerabilities (GLSA 202012-14) — Gentoo security GENTOO security.gentoo.org
Debian -- Security Information -- DSA-4881-1 curl DEBIAN www.debian.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210628 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
HackerOne MISC hackerone.com Exploit, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory
Oracle Critical Patch Update Advisory - April 2022 MISC www.oracle.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
curl - wrong connect-only connection - CVE-2020-8231 MISC curl.haxx.se Patch, Third Party Advisory
cert-portal.siemens.com/productcert/pdf/ssa-389290.pdf CONFIRM cert-portal.siemens.com
Pony Mail! MLIST lists.apache.org
[bookkeeper-issues] 20210629 [GitHub] [bookkeeper] padma81 opened a new issue #2746: Security Vulnerabilities in CentOS 7 image, Upgrade image to CentOS 8 lists.apache.org
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

Legacy QID Mappings

  • 12304 McAfee Web Gateway Product Multiple Vulnerabilities (WP-2326,WP-3443)
  • 159196 Oracle Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (ELSA-2021-1610)
  • 178522 Debian Security Update for curl (DSA 4881-1)
  • 239328 Red Hat Update for curl (RHSA-2021:1610)
  • 296067 Oracle Solaris 11.4 Support Repository Update (SRU) 33.94.0 Missing (CPUAPR2021)
  • 352506 Amazon Linux Security Advisory for curl: ALAS2-2021-1693
  • 377396 Alibaba Cloud Linux Security Update for curl (ALINUX3-SA-2021:0078)
  • 378599 Splunk Enterprise Third Party Package Updates for June (SVD-2023-0613)
  • 378883 Splunk Enterprise August Third Party Package Updates (SVD-2023-0808)
  • 500131 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 501395 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 503887 Alpine Linux Security Update for curl
  • 591406 Siemens SIMATIC S7-1500 CPU GNU/Linux subsystem Multiple Vulnerabilities (SSB-439005, ICSA-22-104-13)
  • 690517 Free Berkeley Software Distribution (FreeBSD) Security Update for curl (b905dff4-e227-11ea-b0ea-08002728f74c)
  • 750055 SUSE Enterprise Linux Security Update for curl (SUSE-SU-2021:1786-1)
  • 900151 CBL-Mariner Linux Security Update for curl 7.68.0
  • 903203 Common Base Linux Mariner (CBL-Mariner) Security Update for curl (3679)
  • 940000 AlmaLinux Security Update for curl (ALSA-2021:1610)
  • 960740 Rocky Linux Security Update for curl (RLSA-2021:1610)
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