QID 670975

Date Published: 2021-11-24

QID 670975: EulerOS Security Update for curl (EulerOS-SA-2021-2656)

curl is a command line tool for transferring data with URL syntax, supporting FTP, FTPS, HTTP, HTTPS, SCP, SFTP, TFTP, TELNET, DICT, LDAP, LDAPS, FILE, IMAP, SMTP, POP3 and RTSP. curl supports SSL certificates, HTTP POST, HTTP PUT, FTP uploading, HTTP form based upload, proxies, cookies, user+password authentication (Basic, Digest, NTLM, Negotiate, kerberos...), file transfer resume, proxy tunneling and a busload of other useful tricks. Security Fix(es): A has been found in curl. The fix for CVE-2021-22898 doesn't remedy the vulnerability. 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.(CVE-2021-22925)
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An arbitrary attacker may exploit this vulnerability to compromise the system.

  • CVSS V3 rated as Medium - 5.3 severity.
  • CVSS V2 rated as Medium - 5 severity.
    • Solution
    The Vendor has released a security update to fix the vulnerability. For more information please visit EulerOS-SA-2021-2656 for updates and patch information
    Vendor References

    CVEs related to QID 670975

    CVE-2021-22925 |
    Software Advisories
    Advisory ID Software Component Link
    EulerOS-SA-2021-2656 EulerOS V2.0SP5 URL Logo developer.huaweicloud.com/ict/en/site-euleros/euleros/security-advisories/EulerOS-SA-2021-2656
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