QID 352823

Date Published: 2021-09-15

QID 352823: Amazon Linux Security Advisory for curl: AL2012-2021-347

Package updates are available for amazon linux that fix the following vulnerabilities:
cve-2021-22898: a vulnerability was found in curl where a flaw in the option parser for sending new_env variables libcurl can pass uninitialized data from a stack-based buffer to the server.
This issue leads to potentially revealing sensitive internal information to the server using a clear-text network protocol.
The highest threat from this vulnerability is to confidentiality.
1964887: cve-2021-22898 curl: telnet stack contents disclosure

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.

Allows unauthorized disclosure of information; allows unauthorized modification; allows disruption of service.

CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 3.1 severity.

CVSS V2 rated as Low - 2.6 severity.

Solution

Administrators are advised to apply the appropriate software updates.

Vendor References

CVEs related to QID 352823

CVE-2021-22898 |

Software Advisories

Advisory ID	Software	Component	Link
AL2012-2021-347	Amazon Linux Bare Metal		docs.aws.amazon.com/AWSEC2/latest/UserGuide/install-updates.html

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