QID 239832

Date Published: 2021-11-10

QID 239832: Red Hat Update for curl (RHSA-2021:4511)

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: leak of authentication credentials in url via automatic referer (cve-2021-22876)
  • curl: telnet stack contents disclosure (cve-2021-22898)
  • curl: incorrect fix for cve-2021-22898 telnet stack contents disclosure (cve-2021-22925)

Affected Products:

  • Red Hat enterprise linux for x86_64 8 x86_64
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for ibm z systems 8 s390x
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for power, little endian 8 ppc64le
  • Red Hat enterprise linux for arm 64 8 aarch64



Note: The preceding description block is extracted directly from the security advisory. Using automation, we have attempted to clean and format it as much as possible without introducing additional issues.

On successful exploitation, it could allow an attacker to execute code.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
  • Solution
    Upgrade to the latest packages which contain a patch.

    Refer to Refer to :
    Applying Package Updates to RHEL system
    for details.

    Refer to Red Hat security advisory RHSA-2021:4511 Update to address this issue and obtain more information.

    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 239832

    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    RHSA-2021:4511 Red Hat Enterprise Linux URL Logo access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2021:4511
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